Section 39-3355 – INSPECTIONS.
39-3355. INSPECTIONS. (1) The licensing agency shall cause to be made such inspections and investigations to determine compliance with this chapter and applicable rules. (2) Inspections for such purposes will be made unannounced and without prior notice at the discretion of the department and at intervals determined by the licensing agency. (3) An inspector shall […]
Section 39-3356 – COMPLAINTS.
39-3356. COMPLAINTS. (1) A person who believes that any provision of this chapter has been violated may file a complaint with the licensing agency. (2) The licensing agency shall investigate, or cause to be investigated, any complaint alleging a violation of this chapter or applicable rules, regulations and standards. If the licensing agency reasonably believes […]
Section 39-3357 – ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
39-3357. ENFORCEMENT PROCESS. (1) If the licensing agency finds, on the basis of inspections as defined in this chapter or otherwise, that a residential or assisted living facility no longer meets a requirement of this chapter, and further finds that the facility’s deficiencies: (a) Immediately jeopardize the health or safety of its residents, the department […]
Section 39-3358 – SPECIFIED REMEDIES.
39-3358. SPECIFIED REMEDIES. (1) The department shall establish at least the following remedies: (a) Prohibit the facility from admitting residents or prohibit a facility from keeping or admitting residents with a specific diagnosis. (b) A civil money penalty assessed and collected, with interest, for each day the facility is or was out of compliance with […]
Section 39-3332 – MEETINGS.
39-3332. MEETINGS. The residential care or assisted living advisory council shall meet as necessary but not less than four (4) times a year. Meetings of the council shall be open to the public. The department shall provide: (1) Staff necessary to assist the council in performing its duties. (2) Space for meetings of the council. […]
Section 39-3333 – REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.
39-3333. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. Members of the residential care and assisted living advisory council shall be reimbursed by the department for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, not to exceed the limits set forth in the state travel guidelines. History: [39-3333, added 1990, ch. 116, sec. 2, p. 253; am. 2005, […]
Section 39-3340 – LICENSING.
39-3340. LICENSING. (1) Any person, firm, partnership, association, governmental unit, or corporation within the state proposing to operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a residential care or assisted living facility in the state shall have a license issued by the licensing agency of the department. A license is not transferable. The owner of the license […]
Section 39-3345 – DENIAL OR REVOCATION OF A LICENSE.
39-3345. DENIAL OR REVOCATION OF A LICENSE. The licensing agency may deny the issuance of a license or revoke any license when persuaded by a preponderance of evidence that such conditions exist as to endanger the health or safety of residents, or when the facility is not in substantial compliance with the provisions of this […]
Section 39-3349 – RESPONSIBILITY FOR INSPECTIONS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
39-3349. RESPONSIBILITY FOR INSPECTIONS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. The licensing agency shall inspect and provide technical assistance to residential care or assisted living facilities. The department may provide consulting services upon request to any residential care or assisted living facility to assist in the identification or correction of deficiencies and in the upgrading of the quality […]
Section 39-3351 – EXEMPTIONS.
39-3351. EXEMPTIONS. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any of the following: (1) Any health facility as defined by chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code. (2) Any house, institution, hotel, congregate housing project, retirement home or other similar place that is limited to providing one (1) or more of the following: housing, […]