The department shall adopt necessary regulations to implement AS 18.20.300 - 18.20.390 in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). The department shall, by regulation, specify criteria as to when and how the sanctions specified in AS 18.20.310 will be applied. The criteria must provide for the imposition of incrementally more severe penalties for deficiencies that are uncorrected or pervasive, or that present a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of nursing facility residents.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender
Chapter 20. Hospitals and Nursing Facilities
Article 3. Nursing Facilities.
Sec. 18.20.305. Nursing facility regulations.
Sec. 18.20.310. Sanctions for noncompliance.
Sec. 18.20.320. Denial of payment.
Sec. 18.20.330. Appeal; hearing.
Sec. 18.20.350. Nursing facility resident security fund.