Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 10, Subchapter 2 - Office of Long-Term Care
- § 20-10-201 - Legislative Intent.
The General Assembly declares that this act is necessary to assure the effective and coordinated regulation of long-term care facilities and long-term care facility...
- § 20-10-202 - Creation.
There is created an Office of Long-Term Care within the appropriate division as determined by the Director of the Department of Human Services. The...
- § 20-10-203 - Powers and Duties.
(a) The Office of Long-Term Care is designated as the unit of state government primarily responsible for the inspection, regulation, and licensure of long-term...
- § 20-10-204 - Notice of Violation.
(a) If upon inspection or investigation the Office of Long-Term Care determines that a licensed long-term care facility is in violation of any federal...
- § 20-10-205 - Classification of Violations.
(a) The Office of Long-Term Care shall promulgate rules and regulations specifying classified violations in accordance with this section.(b) The notice of violation issued...
- § 20-10-206 - Civil Penalties.
(a) (1) In the case of a Class A violation, the following civil penalties shall be assessed by the Director of the Office of...
- § 20-10-207 - Notification to Media of Violations.
(a) When the Office of Long-Term Care's appropriate division, as determined by the Director of the Department of Human Services, finds, upon inspection and...
- § 20-10-208 - Hearings.
(a) (1) A licensee may contest an assessment of a civil penalty or any administrative remedy imposed by the Office of Long-Term Care by...
- § 20-10-209 - Disposition of Funds.
(a) (1) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State...
- § 20-10-210 - Information Received by Office of Long-Term Care Confidential.
(a) Except in cases of civil or criminal litigation or as permitted in subsection (b) of this section, information received by the Office of...
- § 20-10-211 - Facilities -- Regulation of Staffing.
(a) The agency responsible for licensure and certification of long-term care facilities shall promulgate appropriate rules and regulations prescribing minimum staffing requirements for all...
- § 20-10-212 - Appeal From Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License.
(a) Any applicant or licensee who is aggrieved by any decision of the Office of Long-Term Care with respect to the denial, suspension, or...
- § 20-10-213 - Definitions for §§ 20-10-213 -- 20-10-228.
As used in this section and §§ 20-10-214 -- 20-10-228: (1) "Advisory board" means the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board; (2) "Department" means the...
- § 20-10-214 - Penalties for §§ 20-10-213 -- 20-10-228.
(a) Any person, partnership, association, or corporation establishing, conducting, managing, or operating any institution or facility or any combination of separate entities working in...
- § 20-10-215 - Injunction for §§ 20-10-213 -- 20-10-228.
The Department of Human Services may sue in the name of the state any person, partnership, association, or corporation in order to enjoin the...
- § 20-10-216 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Human Services.
(a) In carrying out §§ 20-10-213 -- 20-10-228, the Department of Human Services is empowered and directed to: (1) Require such reports, make such...
- § 20-10-217 - Construction Program -- Survey and Planning Activities.
(a) The Department of Human Services is empowered and directed to make an inventory of existing medical facilities including public, nonprofit, and proprietary medical...
- § 20-10-218 - Construction Program -- Federal Funds for Surveying and Planning.
(a) The Department of Human Services may make application to the Surgeon General for, and receive, federal funds to assist in carrying out the...
- § 20-10-219 - Construction Program -- State Plan.
(a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall prepare and submit to the United States Surgeon General a state plan which shall include the...
- § 20-10-220 - Construction Program -- Application for Funds.
(a) Applications for medical facilities construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the Department of Human Services and may...
- § 20-10-221 - Construction Program -- Payment of Installments.
The Department of Human Services shall cause to be inspected each construction project approved by the United States Surgeon General. If the inspection warrants,...
- § 20-10-222 - Construction Program -- Federal Funds.
(a) The Department of Human Services is empowered to receive federal funds in behalf of and transmit them to such applicants.(b) Money received from...
- § 20-10-223 - Minimum Standards for Institutions.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall require institutions which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan to comply with such minimum...
- § 20-10-224 - License Required -- Administration by Department of Human Services.
(a) No long-term care facility or related institution shall be established, conducted, or maintained in this state without obtaining a license.(b) (1) By properly...
- § 20-10-225 - Alterations, Additions, and New Construction of Facilities.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall prescribe by regulation that any licensee or applicant desiring to make specified types of alterations or additions...
- § 20-10-226 - Inspections of Facilities.
The Department of Human Services shall make such inspections as it may prescribe by regulation.
- § 20-10-227 - Annual Report.
The Department of Human Services shall make an annual report of its activities and operations under §§ 20-10-213 -- 20-10-228 to the Governor and...
- § 20-10-228 - Information Received by Department of Human Services Confidential.
(a) Except in a proceeding involving the question of licensing or revocation of a license or as permitted in § 20-10-210(b), information received by...
- § 20-10-229 - Annual Disclosure Statement -- Requirement.
(a) Any person, corporation, partnership, or facility seeking a license or renewal to provide long-term care in this state shall furnish a current annual...
- § 20-10-230 - Annual Disclosure Statement -- Filing.
Each facility shall file the completed annual disclosure statement along with its annual license application by March 1 of each year and file a...
- § 20-10-231 - Annual Disclosure Statement -- Violations.
The failure to provide to any resident a copy of the disclosure statement upon request or to a prospective resident upon request or the...
- § 20-10-232 - Regulations, Client Rights, and Sanctions.
(a) The Office of Long-Term Care shall promulgate and maintain pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., separate regulations, client...
- § 20-10-233 - Oversight Subcommittees.
(a) The operation of the community-based intermediate care facility for individuals with developmental disabilities program shall be subject to the oversight of a five-member...
- § 20-10-234 - Relicensing Bed Capacity.
A long-term care facility that reduced its licensed bed capacity within the past forty (40) months from April 2, 1997, may relicense those beds...
Last modified: November 15, 2016