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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "Skilled nursing facility (SNF)" means a health facility which provides the <br /> following basic services: skilled nursing care and supportive care 24-hours per day to <br /> patients whose primary need is for availability of skilled nursing care on an extended <br /> basis. <br /> "Standard chest x-ray" means an 11" X 14" chest x-ray taken by standard <br /> techniques. <br /> "Trained medical care" means care which requires a certain medical knowledge <br /> or medical skill which is not usually taught in a general educational curriculum or teamed <br /> in a conventional life experience. <br /> "Tuberculin skin test" means an intradermal injection of .0001 mg (5 tuberculin <br /> units) of purified protein derivative in 0.1 cc of sterile diluent. If the size of any resulting <br /> palpable induration at forty-eight hours to seventy-two hours after the injection is 10 mm <br /> or greater in its transverse diameter, the reaction to the skin test shall be considered <br /> significant. <br /> Whenever the singular is used in this chapter it can include the plural. <br /> § 11-100-3 Licensing. (a) No person, or group of persons may operate an adult <br /> residential care home unless it is licensed by the department. <br /> (b) Any person, or group of persons desiring to operate an adult residential <br /> care home shall apply to the department for a license on forms furnished by the <br /> department. The department shall issue a license if the proposed facility meets the <br /> requirements under this chapter. <br /> (c) A license, when granted, shall be in force for one year, or at such other <br /> interval of time as may be decided by the department. If, upon due written notice from <br /> the department that the license is expiring, application for relicense is not filed, the <br /> license shall be automatically cancelled as of the expiration date determined from the <br /> license. <br /> (d) A provisional license may be issued for a specified period of time at the <br /> discretion of the department for the purpose of giving additional time for correction of <br /> deficiencies. Not more than two successive provisional licenses shall be issued to a <br /> specific adult residential care home. <br /> (e) A waiver from a specific rule may be permitted a facility, for a specified <br /> period of time at the discretion of the department. <br /> (f) Each license shall be issued to a person or a group of persons by name, <br /> as well as to a specific physical facility; any change in either requires that the department <br /> be notified in order to make a determination as to whether or not a new license needs to <br /> be issued. The license may not be transferred from one licensee or physical location to <br /> another. A separate license must be secured for each home. <br /> (g) The license issued by the department shall be posted in a conspicuous <br /> place visible to the public, on the premises of the adult residential care home. <br /> (h) Inspection visits may be made to a licensed adult residential care home at <br /> any reasonable time without prior notice for the purposes of confirming correction of <br /> deficiencies and for investigation of complaints. An approximate time for the annual <br /> inspection visit will be given to the operator. <br />