§1812-A. Nursing home defined
A nursing home or nursing facility shall be defined as a facility which is operated in connection with a hospital, or in which nursing care and medical services are prescribed by or performed under the general direction of persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State, for the accommodation of convalescent or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care, but who do require skilled nursing care and related medical services. The term "nursing home" or "nursing facility" is restricted to those facilities, the purpose of which is to provide skilled nursing care and related medical services for a period of not less than 24 hours per day to individuals admitted because of illness, disease or physical or mental infirmity and which provides a community service. [PL 2001, c. 666, Pt. A, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 403 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 666, §A2 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Part 4: HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE
Chapter 405: LICENSING OF HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS
22 §1811. License required; definitions
22 §1812. Maternity home or hospital defined (REPEALED)
22 §1812-A. Nursing home defined
22 §1812-B. Hospitals and nursing homes
22 §1812-C. Nursing staff in nursing homes; reimbursement; delegation of duties; and policies
22 §1812-D. Reimbursement; geriatric training programs (REPEALED)
22 §1812-E. Ambulatory surgical facility
22 §1812-F. Nursing homes; staffing for social services and patient activities
22 §1812-G. Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers
22 §1812-H. Participation in the Medicare health insurance for the aged program
22 §1812-I. Critical access hospital defined
22 §1812-J. Unlicensed assistive persons
22 §1812-K. Intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disabilities
22 §1812-L. Performance of certain tasks by physicians and others
22 §1813. Licenses for new and existing hospitals
22 §1815-A. Nursing home surcharge
22 §1817. Issuance of licenses
22 §1819. Investment of hospital trust funds
22 §1819-A. Financial disclosure
22 §1820-A. Right of entry and inspection of nursing homes and boarding homes
22 §1821. Violations; penalties (REPEALED)
22 §1822-A. Notice to nursing facility applicants
22 §1824. Personal funds of residents
22 §1825. Smoking in nursing homes (REPEALED)
22 §1826. Nursing home admission contracts
22 §1827. Photographs of nursing home residents
22 §1829. Notice to medical utilization review entity
22 §1830. Pharmaceutical services in nursing homes