Staff Identification Badges
Pennsylvania requires every employee of a licensed health care facility who gives direct care in a patient's home to wear a photo identification badge with set contents, and requires the Agency to have written procedures for the two allowed exceptions. This policy sets out the badge, the exceptions and how badges are issued and recovered.
About this policy
- Policy number
- PA-HSP-HR-05
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 35 P.S. §448.809b
- Library
- Pennsylvania hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 20
In short
- Wear your Agency photo badge where patients can see it on every visit.
- The badge shows your photo, full name, title and the Agency name. The photo is renewed at least every 4 years.
- You may take the badge off only when wearing it is not clinically safe, for example while bathing a patient. Put it back on right after.
- With a patient who is violent or irrational, you may cover your last name. Tell your clinical manager.
- Report a lost badge the same day and return it when you leave.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (35 P.S. §448.809b)
- 5. The Badge
- 5.1 How titles are shown
- 5.2 Staffing-agency staff
- 5.3 Same first names
- 6. Exceptions
- 6.1 Religious objection to a photograph
- 6.2 Safety: patients who exhibit irrationality or violence
- 6.3 Not clinically feasible
- 7. Issue, Renewal and Return
- 8. Responsibilities
- 9. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 10. References
- 11. Related Policies and Forms
- 12. Approval
- 13. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me a staff identification badge. Does it have a recent photo, the full name, the title and the Agency name?
- When was this photograph taken?
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