§1818. Appeals Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the department in refusing to issue a license or the renewal of a license may request a hearing as provided by the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375. [PL 1981, c. 470, Pt. A, §72 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1973, c. […]
§1819-A. Financial disclosure Each hospital licensed under this chapter must annually publicly disclose: [PL 2005, c. 249, §1 (NEW).] 1. IRS Form 990. The federal Internal Revenue Service Form 990, including all related disclosable schedules, for the hospital and for each tax-exempt entity related to the hospital that is required by federal law to […]
§1819. Investment of hospital trust funds Hospitals may treat any 2 or more trust funds as a single fund solely for the purpose of investment, if such investment is not prohibited by the instrument, judgment, decree or order creating such trust funds. Unless ordered by decree, the hospital so investing said funds is not required […]
§1820-A. Right of entry and inspection of nursing homes and boarding homes The department and any duly designated officer or employee thereof shall have the right to enter upon and into the premises of any nursing home licensed pursuant to this chapter at any reasonable time in order to determine the state of compliance with […]
§1820. Standards The department shall have the power to establish reasonable standards under this chapter which it finds to be necessary and in the public interest and may rescind or modify such regulations from time to time as may be in the public interest, in so far as such action is not in conflict with […]
§1821. Violations; penalties (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 231, §6 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 774, §2 (RP).
§1822-A. Notice to nursing facility applicants If an applicant to a nursing facility has not received a preadmission assessment in accordance with section 3174‑I, the nursing facility shall provide to the applicant and any relative or friend assisting the applicant a notice prepared by the department regarding preadmission assessment. The notice must indicate that preadmission […]
§1822. Notice of voluntary closure of hospital, sanatorium, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or similar institution Any person, including county or local government units, who is conducting, managing or operating any hospital, sanatorium, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or institution within the meaning of this chapter and who is properly licensed therefor in […]
§1823. Treatment of minors Any hospital licensed under this chapter or alcohol or drug treatment facility licensed pursuant to section 7801 that provides facilities to a minor in connection with the prevention of a sexually transmitted infection or the treatment of that minor for a sexually transmitted infection or treatment of that minor for substance […]
§1824. Personal funds of residents The operator or agent of any skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, licensed pursuant to this chapter, who manages, holds or deposits the personal funds of any resident of the facility is subject to all the procedures and provisions included in section 7857. [PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. B, […]
§1825. Smoking in nursing homes (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 293 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 300, §9 (RP).
§1826. Nursing home admission contracts All contracts or agreements executed at the time of admission or prior to admission by a resident or legal representative and by any nursing home licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of this section. [PL 1985, c. 291, §1 (NEW).] 1. Required contract provisions. […]
§1827. Photographs of nursing home residents A nursing home may require an identification photograph of each resident. Photographs may not be used for any other purpose without the permission of the resident for each specific use. The permission must indicate the specific purpose which the pictures are to be used for and, except for the […]
§1828. Records; disclosure 1. Confidential information. The following provisions apply to records that are made, acquired or retained by the department in connection with the administration of the Medicaid program and the licensing or certification of hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities and entities. A. Except as provided in Title 5, section 9057 […]
§1829. Notice to medical utilization review entity 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. “Medical utilization review entity” means a person, corporation, organization or other entity that provides medical utilization review services as defined in Title 24‑A, section 2773. [PL […]
§1830. Pharmaceutical services in nursing homes 1. Notice. Each nursing home shall post a notice in a place within the nursing home where notices for residents are ordinarily posted stating that each resident has the right to obtain medication from a pharmacy of the resident’s choice as provided in section 1826, subsection 1. [PL […]
§1831. Patient referrals 1. Provision of information. In order to provide for informed patient or resident decisions, a hospital or nursing facility shall provide a standardized list of licensed providers of care and services and available physicians for all patients or residents prior to discharge for whom home health care, hospice care, acute rehabilitation care, […]
§1832. Safety and security in hospitals A hospital licensed under this chapter shall, on an annual basis, adopt a safety and security plan to protect the patients, visitors and employees of the hospital from aggressive and violent behavior. The safety and security plan must include a process for hospitals to receive and record incidents and […]
§1833. Referral of veterans 1. Screening. A hospital licensed under this chapter shall screen all patients presenting for emergency care at the hospital’s emergency department regarding whether or not the patient has prior service in the military. This information must be added to the hospital’s patient data management system. [PL 2021, c. 430, §1 […]
