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| Facilities shall begin construction only after the plans and specifications have received the written approval of the division. Facilities shall then build in conformance with the approved plans and specifications. The facility shall notify the division within five (5) days after construction begins. If construction of the project is not started within one (1) year after the date of approval of the plans and specifications are not completed within a period of three (3) years, the facility shall resubmit the plans to the division for its approval and shall amend them, if necessary, to comply with the then current rules before construction work is started or continued. II/III
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11/16/2023
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| Complete Fire Alarm Systems.
(E) Facilities shall test by activating the complete fire alarm system at least once a month. II/III
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11/16/2023
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| If extension cords are used, they must be Underwriters Laboratories (UL)-approved or shall comply with other recognized electrical appliance approval standards and sized to carry the current required for the appliance used. Only one (1) appliance shall be connected to one (1) extension cord. Only two (2) appliances may be served by one (1) duplex receptacle. Extension cords shall not be placed under rugs, through doorways, or located where they are subject to physical damage. II/III
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11/16/2023
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| Effective August 28, 1997, each facility shall, not later than two (2) working days of the date an applicant for a position to have contact with residents is hired, request a criminal background check, as provided in sections 43.530, 43.540 and 610.120, RSMo. Each facility must maintain in its record documents verifying that the background checks were requested and the nature of the response received for each such request. The facility must ensure that any applicant who discloses prior to the check of his/her criminal records that he/she has been convicted of, plead guilty or nolo contendere to, or has been found guilty of any A or B felony violation of Chapter 565, 566 or 569, RSMo, or any violation of subsection 3 of section 198.070, RSMo, or of section 568.020, RSMo, will not be allowed to work in contact with patients or residents until and unless a check of the applicant ' s criminal record shows that no such conviction occurred. II/III
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11/16/2023
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| Residents shall be cared for by using acceptable infection control procedures to prevent the spread of infection. The facility shall make a report to the division within seven (7) days if a resident is diagnosed as having a communicable disease, as determined by the Missouri Department of Health and listed in the Code of State Regulations pertaining to communicable diseases, specifically 19 CSR 20-20.020, as amended. I/II
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11/16/2023
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| At all times, including while being stored, prepared, displayed, served or transported to or from the facility, food shall be protected from potential contamination, including dust, insects, rodents, unclean equipment and utensils, unnecessary handling, coughs and sneezes, flooding, drainage and overhead leakage or overhead drippage from condensation. The temperature of potentially hazardous food shall be forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45��F) or below or one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140��F) or above at all times, except as otherwise provided in this section. In the event of a fire, flood, power outage or similar event that might result in the contamination of food, or that might prevent potentially hazardous food from being held at required temperatures, the person in charge shall immediately contact the Department of Health and Senior Services (the department). Upon receiving notice of this occurrence, the department shall take whatever action that it deems necessary to protect the residents. II/III
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Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services