§ 131E-138.1 – Licensure fees for nursing beds and adult care home beds in continuing care retirement communities.
131E-138.1. Licensure fees for nursing beds and adult care home beds in continuing care retirement communities. The Department shall charge continuing care retirement communities licensed under Article 64 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes that have nursing home beds or adult care home beds licensed by the Department a nonrefundable annual base license fee […]
§ 131E-139 – Adverse action on a license.
131E-139. Adverse action on a license. (a) The Department may suspend, revoke, annul, withdraw, recall, cancel or amend a license when there has been a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this Part or the rules promulgated under this Part. (b) The provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, The Administrative Procedure […]
§ 131E-140 – Rules and enforcement.
131E-140. Rules and enforcement. (a) The Commission may adopt, amend and repeal all rules necessary for the implementation of this Part and Part 3A of Article 6 of this Chapter. Provided, these rules shall not extend, modify, or limit the licensing of individual health professionals by their respective licensing boards; nor shall these rules in […]
§ 131E-127 – No interference with practice of medicine or physician-patient relationship.
131E-127. No interference with practice of medicine or physician-patient relationship. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to interfere with the practice of medicine or the physician-patient relationship. (1977, c. 897, s. 1; 1983, c. 775, s. 1.)
§ 131E-128 – Nursing home advisory committees.
131E-128. Nursing home advisory committees. (a) It is the purpose of the General Assembly that community advisory committee members function as representatives of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman and through their designation work to maintain the intent of the Nursing Home Resident’s Bill of Rights within the nursing homes in this State, […]
§ 131E-128.1 – Nursing home medication management advisory committee.
131E-128.1. Nursing home medication management advisory committee. (a) Definitions. – As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, the term: (1) "Advisory committee" means a medication management committee established under this section to advise the quality assurance committee. (2) "Medication-related error" means any preventable medication-related event that adversely affects a patient in a […]
§ 131E-128.2 – Nursing home quality assurance committee; duties related to medication error prevention.
131E-128.2. Nursing home quality assurance committee; duties related to medication error prevention. Every nursing home administrator shall ensure that the nursing home quality assurance committee develops and implements appropriate measures to minimize the risk of actual and potential medication-related errors, including the measures listed in this section. The design and implementation of the measures shall […]
§ 131E-128.3 – Staff orientation on medication error prevention.
131E-128.3. Staff orientation on medication error prevention. The nursing home administrator shall ensure that the nursing home provide a minimum of one hour of education and training in the prevention of actual or potential medication-related errors. This training shall be provided upon orientation and annually thereafter to all nonphysician personnel involved in direct patient care. […]
§ 131E-128.4 – Nursing home pharmacy reports; duties of consultant pharmacist.
131E-128.4. Nursing home pharmacy reports; duties of consultant pharmacist. (a) The consultant pharmacist for a nursing home shall conduct a drug regimen review for actual and potential drug therapy problems in the nursing home and make remedial or preventive clinical recommendations into the medical record of every patient receiving medication. The consultant pharmacist shall conduct […]
§ 131E-129 – Penalties; remedies.
131E-129. Penalties; remedies. (a) Violation Classification and Penalties. – The Department of Health and Human Services shall impose an administrative penalty in accordance with provisions of this Article on any facility which is found to be in violation of the requirements of G.S. 131E-117 or applicable State and federal laws and regulations. Citations for violations […]