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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL: INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGED OR INFIRM INCLUSIVE OF INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ICF-IID): LEGAL AUTHORITY › Rule 15-16-1-49.1.3 - Fire Safety

Current through June 25, 2024
No ICF-IID or ICF-IID residential community home shall
						be licensed until it shows conformance to the safety regulations providing
						minimum standards for prevention and detection of fire as well as for
						protection of life and property against fire.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL: INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGED OR INFIRM INCLUSIVE OF INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ICF-IID): LEGAL AUTHORITY › Rule 15-16-1-49.1.4 - Duty to Report

Current through June 25, 2024
All fires, explosions, natural disasters as well as
						avoidable deaths or avoidable, serious, or life-threatening injuries to clients
						resulting from fires, explosions, and natural disasters shall be reported by
						telephone to the Fire Safety and Construction Division of the licensing agency
						by the next working day after the occurrence. The licensing agency will provide
						the appropriate forms to the ICF-IID which shall be completed and returned
						within fifteen (15) calendar days of the occurrence. All reports shall be
						complete and thorough and shall record, at a minimum the causal factors, date
						and time of occurrence, exact location of occurrence within or without the
						ICF-IID, and attached thereto shall be all police, fire, or other official
						reports.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.1 - Active Treatment

Current through June 25, 2024
The term active treatment shall mean that each client
						receive a continuous active treatment program, which includes aggressive
						consistent implementation of a program of specialized and generic training,
						treatment, health services, and related services that is directed toward the
						acquisition of the behaviors necessary for the client to function with as much
						self-determination and independence as possible; and for the prevention or
						deceleration of regression or loss of current optimal functional
						status.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.2 - Administrator

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "administrator" shall mean a person who is
						delegated responsibility for the interpretation, implementation, and proper
						application of policies and programs established by the governing authority and
						are delegated responsibility for the establishment of safe and effective
						administrative management, control, and operation of the services provided and
						as required in an ICF-IID. The administrator shall be duly licensed by the
						Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home s.
1. "Administrator for ICF-IID Residential
					 Community Home". The Administrator for the ICF-IID Residential Community Home
					 shall mean a highly responsible position under the direct supervision of the
					 Executive Director/Governing Authority who is delegated responsibility over
					 establishment of safe and effective administrative management, control, and
					 operation of the services provided in the Residential Community Home. This
					 individual at a minimum should hold a license as a Nursing Home Administrator
					 with experience in an ICF-IID, or have a Master's degree in a related field and
					 meet the qualifications of a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional
					 (QIDP). An Administrator for an ICF-IID Residential Community Home shall
					 administer homes within a 75 mile geographic service area of the governing
					 authority.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.3 - Allegation of Compliance

Current through June 25, 2024
Allegation of Compliance
shall mean a
						detailed corrective action taken by the ICF-IID or the ICF-IID residential
						community home to remove an immediate jeopardy, including the date the
						immediate jeopardy is removed, with sufficient detail outlining that the
						immediate jeopardy situation has been addressed, and
						resolved.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.4 - Bed Capacity

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "bed capacity" shall mean the largest number
						which can be installed or set up in an ICF-IID at any given time for use of
						clients, as printed on the certificate of licensure. The bed capacity shall be
						based upon space designed and/or specifically intended for such use whether or
						not the beds are actually installed or set up.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.5 - Bed Count

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "bed count" shall mean the number of beds that
						are actually installed or set up for clients in an ICF-IID at a given
						time.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.6 - Change of Ownership

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "change of ownership" includes, but is not
						limited to, intervivos gifts, purchases, transfers, leases, cash and/or stock
						transactions or other comparable arrangements whenever the person or entity
						acquires a majority interest (Fifty percent [50¢] or more) of the ICF-IID
						or services. Changes of ownership from partnerships, single proprietorships or
						corporations to another form of ownership are specifically included. Provided,
						however, "" shall not include inherited interest acquired as a result of a
						testamentary instrument or under the laws of descent and distribution of the
						State of Mississippi
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.7 - Client

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "client" shall mean any person admitted to an
						intermediate care facility.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.8 - Criminal History Record Checks

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Affidavit. For
					 the purpose of fingerprinting and criminal background history checks, the term
					 "affidavit" means the use of Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Form
					 #210, or a copy thereof, which shall be placed in the individual's personal
					 file.
2. Employee. For the purpose
					 of fingerprinting and criminal background history checks, employee shall mean
					 any individual employed by a covered entity. The term "employee", also includes
					 any individual who by contract with the covered entity provides direct patient
					 care in a patient's, resident's, or client's room or in treatment rooms. The
					 term "employee" does not include healthcare professional/technical students, as
					 defined in Section
					 37-29-232,
					 performing clinical training in a licensed entity under contracts between their
					 schools and the licensed entity, and does not include students at high schools
					 who observe the treatment and care of patients in a licensed entity as part of
					 the requirements of an allied health course taught in the school if:
a. The student is under the supervision of a
					 licensed healthcare provider; and
b. The student has signed the affidavit that
					 is on file at the student's school stating that he or she has not been
					 convicted of or plead guilty or nolo contendere to a felony of possession or
					 sale of drugs, murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, rape, sexual battery, any
					 sex offenses listed in section
					 45-33-23(g),
					 child abuse, arson, grand larceny, burglary, gratification of lust, aggravated
					 assault, or felonious abuse and/or battery of a vulnerable adult, or that any
					 such conviction or plea was reversed on appeal or a pardon was granted for the
					 conviction or plea.
c. Further,
					 applicants and employees of the University of Mississippi Medical Center for
					 whom criminal history record checks and fingerprinting are obtained in
					 accordance with Section
					 37-115-41
					 are exempt from application of the term employee under Section
					 43-11-13.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.9 - Day Shift

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "day shift" shall mean a minimum eight (8) hour
						period between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.10 - Dentist

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "dentist" shall mean a person currently
						licensed to practice dentistry in Mississippi by the State Board of Dental
						Examiners
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.11 - Dietitian

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "dietitian" shall mean a person who is licensed
						as a dietitian in the State of Mississippi, or a Registered exempted from
						licensure by statute.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.12 - Direct Support Personnel and/or Professionals

Current through June 25, 2024
Direct Support Personnel and/or Professionals (DSPs) are
						persons who work directly with developmental disabilities with the aim of
						assisting the individual to lead a self-directed life and contribute to their
						surroundings. A DSP assists with activities of daily living, if needed, and
						encourages attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion. A DSP may
						provide support to a person with a disability in their environment, be it in
						their home or residence setting, work, school, church, and other places. A DSP
						also acts as an advocate for the individual with disabilities, in communicating
						their needs, self-expression, and goals. A DSP shall have at a minimum a high
						school diploma or a GED.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.13 - Existing ICF-IID

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "existing ICF-IID" shall mean an ICF-IID that
						has obtained licensure prior to the adoption of these
						regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.14 - Governing Body

Current through June 25, 2024
There shall be an organized governing body, or designated
						persons so functioning, that has the overall responsibility, for the conduct of
						the ICF-IID, in a manner consistent with the objective of making available high
						quality client care. The term "governing body" shall mean an individual or
						individuals identified by the ICF-IID that exercise general policy, budget, and
						operating direction over the ICF-IID; and provides, monitors, and revises as
						necessary policies and operating directions which ensure the necessary
						staffing, training, resources, equipment, and environment to provide
						individuals with active treatment and to provide for their health and safety at
						all times.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.15 - Infectious Medical Waste

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "infectious medical waste" includes solid or
						liquid wastes which may contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and
						quantity such that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host has been proven
						to result in an infectious disease. For purposes of this regulation, the
						following wastes shall be considered to be infectious medical wastes:
1. Waste resulting from the care of clients
					 and animals who have Class I and (or) II diseases that are transmitted by blood
					 and body fluid as defined in the rules and regulations governing reportable
					 diseases as defined by the Mississippi State Department of Health;
2. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents;
					 including specimen cultures collected from medical and pathological
					 laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and
					 industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biological, discarded
					 lie and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer,
					 inoculate, and mix cultures;
3.
					 Blood and blood products such as serum, plasma, and other blood
					 components.
4. All discarded sharps
					 (e.g., hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass, scalpel
					 blades) which have come into contact with infectious agents;
5. Other wastes determined infectious by the
					 generator or so classified by the Mississippi State Department of
					 Health.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.16 - Intermediate Care for the Intellectually and/or Developmentally Disabled (ICF-IID) Facility

Current through June 25, 2024
Intermediate Care for the Intellectually and/or
						Developmentally Disabled (ICF-IID) Facility
either governmental or
						private who provides group living arrangements for four (4) or more persons who
						are unrelated to the operator and whose primary purpose is to provide health or
						rehabilitative services, active treatment, to individuals with intellectual or
						developmental disabilities and to provide food, shelter, and personal care
						whether any such place be organized or operated for profit or not. These
						ICF-IID services may be provided in an existing ICF-IID or a group home under
						the jurisdiction of an ICF-IID.
1. In
					 an ICF-IID Residential Community Home, these services shall be provided in
					 group living arrangements for no more than six (6) clients who are unrelated to
					 the operator.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.17 - Individual Program Plan

Current through June 25, 2024
Each client must have an individual program plan that is
						developed by an interdisciplinary team that represents the professions,
						disciplines or service areas relevant to identifying the client's needs as
						described by the comprehensive functional assessments. This IPP shall be
						prepared within 30 days after admission.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.18 - Interdisciplinary Team

Current through June 25, 2024
The Interdisciplinary team is composed of those
						individuals (professionals, paraprofessionals and non-professionals) who
						possess the knowledge, skills, and expertise necessary to accurately identify
						the comprehensive array of the individual's needs and design a program which is
						responsive to those needs.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.19 - License

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "license" shall mean the document issued by the
						licensing agency and signed by the State Health Officer of the Mississippi
						State Department of Health. Licensure shall constitute authority to receive
						clients and perform the services included within the scope of these rules,
						regulations, and minimum standards.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.20 - Licensed Practical Nurse

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "licensed practical nurse" shall mean a person
						who is currently licensed by the Mississippi Board of Nursing as a
						.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.21 - Licensee

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "licensee" shall mean the person to which the
						license is issued and upon whom rests the responsibility for the operation of
						the institution in compliance with these rules, regulations, and minimum
						standards.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.22 - IGRA(s) (Interferon-Gamma Release Assay(s)

Current through June 25, 2024
A whole blood test used in to assist in diagnosing
						Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection. The IGRA blood test used must be approved
						by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.23 - Licensing Agency

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "licensing agency" shall mean the Mississippi
						State Department of Health
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.24 - Licensure Violation

Current through June 25, 2024
The failure of an ICF-IID or an ICF-IID Residential
						Community Home to comply with the minimum standards or requirements contained
						within this Chapter 49.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.25 - Mantoux Test

Current through June 25, 2024
A method of skin testing that is performed by injecting
						one-tenth (0.1) milliliter of purified protein derivative-tuberculin containing
						five (5) tuberculin units into the dermis (i.e., the second layer of skin) of
						the forearm with a needle and syringe. The area is examined between forty-eight
						(48) and seventy-two (72) hours after the injection. A reaction is measured
						according to the size of the induration. The classification of a reaction as
						positive or negative depends on the patient's medical history and various risk
						factors (see definition for "significant tuberculin skin test"). This test is
						used to evaluate the likelihood that a person is infected with M. tuberculosis.
						The Mantoux (TST) test should be administered only by persons certified in the
						intradermal technique.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.26 - Medical Waste

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "medical waste" means all waste generated in
						direct client care or in diagnostic or research areas that is
						non-infectious.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.27 - New ICF-IID

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "new ICF-IID" shall mean an ICF-IID or an
						ICF-IID Residential Community Home that applies for licensure after the
						adoption of these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.28 - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "nurse practitioner" shall mean a person who is
						currently licensed by the Mississippi Board of Nursing as a nurse practitioner.
						The term "physician assistant" shall mean a physician assistant who is
						currently licensed as such by the Mississippi Board of Medical
						Licensure.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												43-11-13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.29 - Nutritional Assessment

Current through June 25, 2024
A nutritional assessment is conducted to assess
						nutritional status and includes determination of appropriateness of diet,
						adequacy of total food intake and the skills associated with eating, including
						chewing, sucking and swallowing disorders, food service practices, and
						monitoring and supervision of one's own nutritional status. A Registered
						Dietician shall provide ongoing evaluation and assessment when individual needs
						are identified and, at minimum, on a quarterly basis and more often if
						indicated. The Registered Dietician shall be notified for intervention as
						appropriate when a change in nutritional status, weight loss or weight gain is
						noted. The initial nutritional assessment shall be completed within 30 days
						after admission.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.30 - Person

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "person" shall mean any individual, firm,
						partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, or
						any licensee herein or the legal successor thereof.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.31 - Personal Care

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "personal care" shall mean assistance rendered
						by personnel of the ICF-IID for clients in performing one or more of the
						activities of daily living which includes, but is not limited to, the bathing,
						walking, excretory functions, feeding, personal grooming, and dressing of such
						clients.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.32 - Pharmacist

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "pharmacist" shall mean a person currently
						licensed to practice pharmacy in Mississippi by the State Board of
						Pharmacy.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.33 - Physician

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "physician" shall mean any person currently
						licensed in Mississippi by the Mississippi State Board of Medical
						Licensure.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.34 - Plan of Correction

Current through June 25, 2024
Plan of Correction shall mean a plan developed by the
						ICF-IID and/or the ICF-IID Residential Community Home and approved by the
						licensure agency that describes the action the ICF-IID and/or the ICF-IID
						Residential Community Home will take to correct the licensure violation(s) and
						specifies the date by which these licensure violation(s) will be
						corrected.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.35 - Program Director

Current through June 25, 2024
: The term "Program Director" shall mean a person who
						works under the authority of the Administrator or the governing authority of an
						ICF-IID to ensure that health or rehabilitative services, active treatment is
						provided to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. This
						individual shall have at a minimum a Master's degree from an accredited four
						year college or university or graduation from a standard four-year high school
						and four years of experience working with individuals with intellectual or
						developmental disabilities. The must meet the qualifications of a Qualified
						Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP).
1. A Program Director shall have no more than
					 60 clients under their supervisory authority.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.36 - Qualified Dietary Manager

Current through June 25, 2024
1. ICFs-IID shall
					 have the following at a minimum:
a. A
					 Dietetic Technician who has successfully graduated from a Dietetic Technician
					 program accredited by the American Dietetic Association Commission on
					 Accreditation and Approval of Dietetic Education and earns 15 hours of
					 continuing education units every year approved by the Dietary Manager's
					 Association or the American Dietetic Association.
b. A person who has successfully graduated
					 from a didactic program in Dietetics approved by the American Dietetic
					 Association Commission on Accreditation and Approval of Dietetic Education and
					 earns 15 hours of continuing education units every year approved by the Dietary
					 Manager's Association or the American Dietetic Association.
c. A person who has successfully completed a
					 Dietary Manager's Course approved by the Dietary Manager's Association and who
					 passes the credentialing examination and earns 15 hours of continuing education
					 units every year approved by the Dietary Manager's Association or the American
					 Dietetic Association.
d. A person
					 who has successfully completed a Dietary Manager's Course approved by the
					 Dietary Manager's Association and earns 15 hours of continuing education units
					 every year approved by the Dietary Manager's Association or the American
					 Dietetic Association
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.37 - Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP)

Current through June 25, 2024
The QIDP must have at least one year of experience
						working directly with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
						and is one of the following, a doctor of medicine osteopathy, a registered
						nurse, and/or an individual who holds a bachelor's degree in a professional
						category.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.38 - Registered Nurse

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "registered nurse" shall mean a person who is
						currently licensed by the Nurses' Board of Examination and Registration of
						Mississippi Board of Nursing as a registered nurse.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.39 - Restraint

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "restraint" shall include any means, physical
						or chemical, which is intentionally used to restrict the freedom of movement of
						a person.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.40 - Surveyor

Current through June 25, 2024
The term "surveyor" shall mean an individual employed,
						or hired on a contractual basis, by the licensing agency for the purpose of
						conducting surveys, inspections, investigations, or other related functions as
						part of the licensing agency's responsibility for licensure and regulation of
ICFs-IID.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.41 - Significant Tuberculin Skin Test

Current through June 25, 2024
An induration of five (5) millimeters or greater is
						significant (or positive) in the following:
1. Persons known to have or suspected of
					 having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
2. Close contacts of a person with infectious
					 tuberculosis.
3. Persons who have a
					 chest radiograph suggestive of previous tuberculosis.
4. Persons who inject drugs (if HIV status is
					 unknown).
5. An induration of ten
					 (10) millimeters or greater is significant (or positive) in all other persons
					 tested in Mississippi. A tuberculin skin test is recorded in millimeters of
					 induration. For accurate results, measure the widest diameter of the palpable
					 induration transverse (across) the arm.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-49.2.42 - Two-step Testing

Current through June 25, 2024
A procedure used for the baseline testing of person who
						will periodically receive tuberculin skin tests (e.g., health care workers) to
						reduce the likelihood of mistaking a boosted reaction for a new infection. If
						the initial tuberculin-test result is classified as negative, a second test is
						repeated one (1) to three (3) weeks later. If the reaction to the second test
						is positive, it probably represents a boosted reaction. If the second test is
						also negative, the person is classified as not infected. A positive reaction to
						a subsequent test would indicate new infection (i.e., a skin-test conversion)
						in the person.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 3 - INSPECTION › Rule 15-16-1-49.3.1 - Inspections Required

Current through June 25, 2024
Each ICF-IID for which a license has been issued shall
						be inspected by the licensing agency by persons delegated with authority by the
						licensing agency at such intervals as the licensing agency may direct. The
						licensing agency and/or its authorized representatives shall have the right to
						inspect construction work in progress. New ICFs-IID shall not be licensed
						without having first been inspected for substantial compliance with these
						rules, regulations, and minimum standards.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 5 - THE LICENSE › Rule 15-16-1-49.5.1 - License

Current through June 25, 2024
A license shall be issued to each ICF-IID that meets the
						requirements as set forth in these regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 6 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSE › Rule 15-16-1-49.6.1 - Application

Current through June 25, 2024
Application for a license or renewal of a license shall
						be made in writing to the licensing agency on forms provided by the licensing
						agency which shall contain such information as the licensing agency may
						require. The application shall require reasonable, affirmative evidence of
						ability to comply with these rules, regulations, and minimum
						standards.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 6 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSE › Rule 15-16-1-49.6.2 - Fee

Current through June 25, 2024
In accordance with §
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						of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, each application for initial
						licensure shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per bed in
						check or money order made payable to the "Mississippi State Department of
						Health" (otherwise known as the licensing agency), with a minimum fee of two
						hundred dollars ($200.00). The fee is non-refundable. The fee for licensure
						renewal shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per bed, with a minimum fee of
						two-hundred dollars ($200.00), in accordance with §
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						of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 6 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSE › Rule 15-16-1-49.6.3 - Name of ICF-IID

Current through June 25, 2024
Every ICF-IID shall be designated by a permanent and
						distinctive name which shall be used in applying for a license and shall not be
						changed without first notifying the licensing agency in writing and receiving
						written approval of the change from the licensing agency. Such notice shall
						specify the name to be discontinued as well as the new name proposed. The words
						"hospital", "sanatarium", "sanatorium", "clinic" or any other word which would
						reflect a different type of ICF-IID shall not appear in the title of an
						ICF-IID. Only the official name by which the ICF-IID is licensed shall be used
						in telephone listings, stationery, advertising, etc. Two or more facilities
						shall not be licensed under a similar name.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 6 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSE › Rule 15-16-1-49.6.4 - Number of Beds

Current through June 25, 2024
Each application for license shall specify the maximum
						number of beds in the ICF-IID as determined by Rule 49.2.3 of these
						regulations. The maximum number of beds for which the ICF-IID is licensed shall
						not be exceeded.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 7 - LICENSING › Rule 15-16-1-49.7.1 - Issuance of License

Current through June 25, 2024
All licenses issued by the licensing agency shall set
						forth the name of the ICF-IID, the location, the name of the licensee, the
						classification of the ICF-IID , the type of building, the bed capacity for
						which the ICF-IID is licensed, and the license number.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 7 - LICENSING › Rule 15-16-1-49.7.2 - Separate License

Current through June 25, 2024
Separate license shall be required for ICF-IIDs
						maintained on separate premises even though under the same management. However,
						separate license are not required for buildings on the same grounds which are
						under the same management.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 7 - LICENSING › Rule 15-16-1-49.7.3 - Posting of License

Current through June 25, 2024
The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place on
						the license premises and shall be available for review by an interested
						person.
Miss. Code Ann.
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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 49 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OPERATION FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Subchapter 7 - LICENSING › Rule 15-16-1-49.7.4 - License Not Transferable

Current through June 25, 2024
The license for an ICF-IID is not transferable or
						assignable to any other person except by written approval of the licensing
						agency and shall be issued only for the premises named in the application. The
						license shall be surrendered to the licensing agency on change of ownership,
						licensee, name or location of the institution, or in the event that the
						institution ceases to be operated as an ICF-IID. In event of change of
						ownership, licensee, name or location of the ICF-IID, a new application shall
						be filed.
Miss. Code Ann.
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