§ 131D-7.5 – Patient visitation rights for adult care home residents and special care unit residents.
131D-7.5. Patient visitation rights for adult care home residents and special care unit residents. (a) Any facility licensed under this Chapter shall allow residents to receive visitors of their choice to the fullest extent permitted under the infection and prevention control program of the facility and applicable guidelines or orders issued by the Centers for […]
§ 131D-4.4 – Adult care home minimum safety requirements; smoking prohibited inside long-term care facilities; penalty.
131D-4.4. Adult care home minimum safety requirements; smoking prohibited inside long-term care facilities; penalty. (a) In addition to other requirements established by this Article or by rules adopted pursuant to this Article or other provisions of law, every adult care home shall provide to each resident the care, safety, and services necessary to enable the […]
§ 131D-4.4A – Adult care home infection prevention requirements.
131D-4.4A. Adult care home infection prevention requirements. (a) As used in this section, "adult care home staff" means any employee of an adult care home. (b) In order to prevent transmission of infectious diseases, each adult care home shall do all of the following: (1) Implement written infection prevention and control policies and procedures that […]
§ 131D-4.4B – Guidelines for reporting suspected communicable disease outbreaks.
131D-4.4B. Guidelines for reporting suspected communicable disease outbreaks. The Department shall develop guidelines prescribing the manner in which an adult care home is to report a suspected communicable disease outbreak within the facility to the local health department. (2011-99, s. 3.)
§ 131D-4.5 – Rules adopted by Medical Care Commission.
131D-4.5. Rules adopted by Medical Care Commission. The Medical Care Commission shall adopt rules as follows: (1) Establishing minimum medication administration standards for adult care homes. The rules shall include the minimum staffing and training requirements for medication aides and standards for professional supervision of adult care homes’ medication controls. The requirements shall (i) include […]
§ 131D-4.5A – Fees for medication aides.
131D-4.5A. Fees for medication aides. The Department may impose a fee, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), on an applicant seeking certification as an assisted living home medication aide to cover the costs of testing and materials in administering a certification examination. (2010-31, s. 10.36A(a).)
§ 131D-4.5B – Adult care home medication aides; training and competency evaluation requirements.
131D-4.5B. Adult care home medication aides; training and competency evaluation requirements. (a) By January 1, 2012, the Division of Health Service Regulation shall develop a mandatory, annual in-service training program for adult care home medication aides on infection control, safe practices for injections and any other procedures during which bleeding typically occurs, and glucose monitoring. […]
§ 131D-4.5C – Adult care home supervisors; infection control training requirements.
131D-4.5C. Adult care home supervisors; infection control training requirements. (a) The Department shall develop, in consultation with associations representing adult care home providers, model infection prevention and control policies and procedures that are consistent with accepted national standards and address the factors identified in G.S. 131D-4.4A(b)(1). The Department shall make these model infection prevention and […]
§ 131D-4.6 – Licensure of special care units.
131D-4.6. Licensure of special care units. (a) As used in this section, the term "special care unit" means a wing or hallway within an adult care home, or a program provided by an adult care home, that is designated especially for residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, a mental health disability, or other special […]
§ 131D-4.2 – Adult care homes; family care homes; cost reports; exemptions; enforcement.
131D-4.2. Adult care homes; family care homes; cost reports; exemptions; enforcement. (a) Except for family care homes, adult care homes with a licensed capacity of seven to twenty beds, which are licensed pursuant to this Chapter, to Chapter 122C of the General Statutes, and to Chapter 131E of the General Statutes, shall submit audited reports […]