Source: http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/statute/039_000_0000_chapter/039_009_0000_article/039_009_0023_section/039_009_0023_k/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 10:16:53
Document Index: 751390545

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 483', '§ 483', '§ 483', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 39', '§ 11', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 7', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 7', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 1', '§ 2']

39-923. Definitions. [See Revisor's Note] (a) As used in this act:
(1) "Adult care home" means any nursing facility, nursing facility for mental health, intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disability, assisted living facility, residential health care facility, home plus, boarding care home and adult day care facility; all of which are classifications of adult care homes and are required to be licensed by the secretary of aging.
(7) "Home plus" means any residence or facility caring for not more than 12 individuals not related within the third degree of relationship to the operator or owner by blood or marriage unless the resident in need of care is approved for placement by the secretary of the department of social and rehabilitation services, and who, due to functional impairment, needs personal care and may need supervised nursing care to compensate for activities of daily living limitations. The level of care provided to residents shall be determined by preparation of the staff and rules and regulations developed by the department on aging. An adult care home may convert a portion of one wing of the facility to a not less than five-bed and not more than 12-bed home plus facility provided that the home plus facility remains separate from the adult care home, and each facility must remain contiguous. Any home plus that provides care for more than eight individuals after the effective date of this act shall adjust staffing personnel and resources as necessary to meet residents' needs in order to maintain the current level of nursing care standards. Personnel of any home plus who provide services for residents with dementia shall be required to take annual dementia care training.
(16) "Licensing agency" means the secretary of aging.
(21) "Operator" means an individual who operates an assisted living facility or residential health care facility with fewer than 61 residents, a home plus or adult day care facility and has completed a course approved by the secretary of health and environment on principles of assisted living and has successfully passed an examination approved by the secretary of health and environment on principles of assisted living and such other requirements as may be established by the secretary of health and environment by rules and regulations.
(22) "Activities of daily living" means those personal, functional activities required by an individual for continued well-being, including but not limited to eating, nutrition, dressing, personal hygiene, mobility and toileting.
(27) "Paid nutrition assistant" means an individual who is paid to feed residents of an adult care home, or who is used under an arrangement with another agency or organization, who is trained by a person meeting nurse aide instructor qualifications as prescribed by 42 C.F.R. § 483.152, 42 C.F.R. § 483.160 and paragraph (h) of 42 C.F.R. § 483.35, and who provides such assistance under the supervision of a registered professional or licensed practical nurse.
(b) The term "adult care home" shall not include institutions operated by federal or state governments, except institutions operated by the Kansas commission on veterans affairs, hospitals or institutions for the treatment and care of psychiatric patients, child care facilities, maternity centers, hotels, offices of physicians or hospices which are certified to participate in the medicare program under 42 code of federal regulations, chapter IV, section 418.1 et seq., and amendments thereto, and which provide services only to hospice patients.
History: L. 1961, ch. 231, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 246, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 171, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 39; L. 1978, ch. 161, § 11; L. 1982, ch. 189, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 322, § 7; L. 1994, ch. 6, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 279, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 143, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 200, § 3; L. 2002, ch. 197, § 7; L. 2003, ch. 149, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 146, § 3; L. 2011, ch. 62, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 113, § 2; July 1.
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