Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 196 - Human Services Department
Chapter 9570 - RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED
Part 9570.2300 - PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION

Universal Citation: MN Rules 9570.2300

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 27, December 30, 2024

Subpart 1. Basis.

Residential programs will be classified on the basis of the level of care and service needs of their residents.

Subp. 2. Level I.

Level I will include all residential programs serving five or more persons with physical disabilities in the various mobility categories who can live independently in the community with modification of certain architectural barriers and who:

A. are capable of performing substantially all of their own personal-care functions;

B. are capable of using regular public and/or private transportation; and

C. are 16 years of age or older.

These shall be interpreted as the minimum criteria to be applied to any resident with a physical disability in a Level I program.

Subp. 3. Level II.

Level II will include all residential programs serving five or more persons with physical disabilities in the various mobility categories who have some limitations on their ability to live independently in the community even with the modification of certain architectural barriers and who:

A. are in need of assistance in varying degrees with personal-care functions;

B. have service needs that exclude continuing in-residence medical care; and

C. are either children or adults.

These shall be interpreted as the minimum criteria to be applied to any resident with a physical disability in a Level II program.

Subp. 4. Level III.

Level III will include all residential programs serving five or more persons with physical disabilities in the various mobility categories whose ability to live independently in the community is severely circumscribed even with the modification of certain architectural barriers and who:

A. are in need of some form of continuing in-residence medical service, irrespective of other services needed;

B. are in need of assistance with a substantial portion of personal-care functions; and

C. are either children or adults.

These shall be interpreted as the minimum criteria to be applied to any resident with a physical disability in a Level III program.

Statutory Authority: MS s 245A.09

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