12VAC35-105-1330: Medical director

Providers of community gero-psychiatric residential services shall employ or have a written agreement with one or more psychiatrists with training and experience in gero-psychiatric services to serve as medical director. The duties of the medical director shall include :

1. Responsibility for overall medical and psychiatric care;

2. Advising the program director and the director of clinical services on medical and psychiatric issues, including the criteria for residents to be admitted, transferred , or discharged;

3. Advising on the development, execution, and coordination of policies and procedures that have a direct effect upon the quality of medical, nursing, and psychiatric care delivered to individuals; and

4. Acting as liaison and consulting with the administrator and the primary care physician on matters regarding medical, nursing, and psychiatric care policies and procedures.