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§ 20-10-2106. Rules

AR Code § 20-10-2106 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) Procedures for a long-term care facility to notify the Office of Long-Term Care of admissions; and

(2)

(A) Procedures by which a person in a long-term care facility may decline options counseling for long-term care.

(B)

(i) These procedures shall include a form promulgated by the Department of Human Services for use by a long-term care facility.

(ii) The form shall be limited to one (1) page and shall:

(a) Be orally read to the resident or, if applicable, the resident's representative by long-term care facility staff except as provided in this subdivision (2)(B)(ii);

(b) List the date;

(c) State the name of the resident or, if applicable, the resident's representative;

(d) Contain checkboxes indicating that:

(2) The form was not read orally to the resident or resident's representative because the resident lacks decisional capacity and does not have a representative; and

(3) The resident or the resident's representative declined the options counseling for long-term care;

(e) Contain a statement and an acknowledgment that options counseling for long-term care is an optional program and may be declined by execution of the form;

(f) Be signed by the resident or, if applicable, the resident's representative; and

(g) Be retained by the long-term care facility in the resident's admission file for eighteen (18) months or until the next standard survey, whichever is longer.

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