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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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58. Department of Elder Affairs |
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58B. Division of Volunteer and Community Services |
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58B-1. Aging Resource Centers |
1Pursuant to its contract with the ARC, the department shall monitor the performance and oversight activities of the ARC governing body to ensure the appropriateness and quality of care received by clients. The governing body shall be accountable for oversight standards for the ARC including, but not limited to:
50(1) Compliance with legal and contractual requirements, established department policies, and effective management principles;
64(2) Ensuring that services are provided in the most cost effective and cost saving manner in order to provide services to the greatest number of eligible individuals to help them remain in the community and avoid unnecessary institutional care;
103(3) Reviewing the implementation of policies, governing body directives, and overall organizational accountability;
116(4) Reviewing human resource management;
121(5) Ensuring the ARC has a system for recruiting, hiring, evaluating, and terminating employees;
135(6) Ensuring the ARC has written protocols for the development of cooperative relationships with community service agencies, and documented existence of cooperative relationships to ensure the intent of the ARC concept and mission are met;
170(7) Ensuring compliance with program guidelines;
176(8) Ensuring information management and data integrity, including accurate and reliable collection of client specific data;
192(9) Completing a written annual performance evaluation of the executive director;
203(10) Ensuring that the ARC develops an annual operational plan to be submitted to the department. The plan shall demonstrate that the ARC is achieving the goals as set forth by contract, statute, and rules;
238(11) Ensuring that the ARC develops and incorporates disaster/emergency and continuity of operations plans in cooperation with those established by the area agency on aging for the planning and service area; and
270(12) Overseeing the appropriateness of the ARC financial operations.
279Rulemaking Authority 281430.08, 282430.2053(10) FS. 284Law Implemented 286430.2053 FS. 288History–New 4-16-07.
