194A.707 Licensure -- Administrative regulations -- Accreditation by other
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(1)The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish by the promulgation of
administrative regulation under KRS Chapter 13A, an initial and relicensure review
process for assisted living communities. This administrative regulation shall
establish procedures related to applying for, reviewing, and approving, denying, or
revoking licensure, as well as the conduct of hearings upon appeals as governed by
KRS Chapter 216B.
(2)Notwithstanding the timeframe in KRS 216.530, an on-site visit of an assisted
living community shall be conducted by the cabinet:
(a)As part of the initial licensure review process;
(b)Twenty-four
(24)months following the date of the previous licensure review,
if during the previous licensure review an assisted living community was not
found to have violated an administrative regulation set forth by the cabinet
that presented imminent danger to a resident that created substantial risk of
death or serious mental or physical harm; and
(c)Twelve
(12)months following the date of the previous licensure review, if
during the previous licensure review an assisted living community was found
to have violated an administrative regulation set forth by the cabinet that
presented imminent danger to a resident that created substantial risk of death
or serious mental or physical harm.
(3)No business shall market its service as an assisted living community unless it has:
(a)Filed a current application for the business to be licensed by the cabinet as an
assisted living community; or
(b)Received licensure by the cabinet as an assisted living community.
(4)No business that has been denied or had its license revoked shall operate or market
its service as an assisted living community unless it has:
(a)Filed a current application for the business to be licensed by the cabinet as an
assisted living community; and
(b)Received licensure as an assisted living community from the cabinet.
Revocation of licensure may be grounds for the cabinet to not reissue a license
for that property for seven
(7)years if ownership remains substantially the
same.
(5)No business shall operate as an assisted living community unless its owner or
manager has:
(a)Filed a current application for the business to be licensed as an assisted living
community by the cabinet; and
(b)Received licensure as an assisted living community from the cabinet.
(6)By September 1 of each year, each assisted living community licensed pursuant to
this chapter may provide residents with educational information or education
opportunities on influenza disease.
(7)The cabinet shall determine the feasibility of recognizing accreditation by other
organizations in lieu of licensure review by the cabinet.
(8)Individuals designated by the cabinet to conduct licensure reviews shall have the
skills, training, experience, and ongoing education, including understanding that
assisted living is not subject to the rules and regulations of the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services, to perform assisted living community and assisted living
community with dementia care licensure reviews.
(9)The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations to establish an assisted
living community and assisted living community with dementia care licensure fee
that shall not exceed costs of the program to the cabinet, to be assessed upon receipt
of an application for licensure. The cabinet shall provide a breakdown of fees
assessed and costs incurred for conducting licensure reviews upon request of any
interested person.
(10)The cabinet shall make findings from the most recent licensure review available to
the public.
(11)Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the cabinet may request
additional relevant information from an assisted living community or conduct
additional on-site visits to ensure compliance with the provisions of KRS 194A.700
to 194A.729 if the cabinet has reasonable cause to believe that the assisted living
community is not in compliance.
(12)Failure to follow an assisted living community's policies, practices, and procedures
shall not result in a finding of noncompliance unless the assisted living community
is out of compliance with a related requirement under KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729.