Regulation .23 Admission Requirements.
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A.
Discrimination Prohibited. An assisted living program licensed under this chapter may not discriminate in admitting or providing care to an individual because of the individual’s:
(1)
Race;
(2)
Color;
(3)
National origin;
(4)
Sexual orientation;
(5)
Gender identity;
(6)
Religion;
(7)
Physical disability; or
(8)
Mental disability.
B.
An assisted living program may not provide services to individuals who at the time of initial admission, as established by the initial assessment, would require:
(1)
More than intermittent nursing care;
(2)
Treatment of stage three or stage four skin ulcers;
(3)
Ventilator services;
(4)
Skilled monitoring, testing, and frequent adjustment of medications and treatments where there is the presence of a fluctuating acute condition; or
(5)
Monitoring of a chronic medical condition that is not controllable through readily available medications and treatments.
C.
An individual may not be admitted to an assisted living program who is:
(1)
Dangerous to the individual or others when the assisted living program would be unable to eliminate the danger through the use of appropriate treatment modalities; or
(2)
At high risk for health or safety complications which cannot be adequately managed.
D.
The provisions of §§B and C of this regulation do not apply to a resident being admitted to an assisted living program when the resident is under the care of a general hospice care program licensed by the Department which ensures delivery of one or more of the services described under §§B and C of this regulation through the hospice program’s plan of care.