Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS: LICENSING
Article 4 - NURSING CARE INSTITUTIONS
Section R9-10-407 - Admission

1. A resident is admitted only on a physician's order;

2. The physician's admitting order includes the nursing care institution services required to meet the immediate needs of a resident, such as medication and food services;

3. At the time of a resident's admission, a registered nurse conducts or coordinates an initial assessment on a resident to ensure the resident's immediate needs for nursing care institution services are met;

4. A resident's needs do not exceed the medical services and nursing services available at the nursing care institution as established in the nursing care institution's scope of services;

5. Before or at the time of admission, a resident or the resident's representative:

6. Within 30 calendar days before admission or 10 working days after admission, a medical history and physical examination is completed on a resident by:

7. Except as specified in subsection (8), a resident provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis:

8. A resident who transfers from a nursing care institution to another nursing care institution is not required to be rescreened for tuberculosis as specified in R9-10-113 if:

9. Compliance with the requirements in subsection (6) is documented in the resident's medical record.