R432-300-10. Acceptance and Retention of Residents

(1) A Type N Small Health Care facility may accept semi-dependent residents.

(a) The licensee may accept one dependent resident only if the licensee has equipment and additional staff available to assist the dependent resident in the event of a facility emergency evacuation.

(b) The licensee must establish acceptance criteria which includes:

(i) the resident's health needs;

(ii) the residents's ability to perform activities of daily living; and

(iii) the ability of the facility to address the residents needs.

(2) A resident shall not be accepted nor retained by a Type "N" Small Health Care Facility when:

(a) The resident has active tuberculosis or serious communicable diseases;

(b) The resident requires inpatient hospital care; or

(c) The resident has a mental illness that manifests behavior which is suicidal, assaultive, or harmful to self or others.

(3) The licensee must request that the family or responsible person relocate the resident within seven days if the resident requires care which cannot be provided in the Type N facility.