Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-200 - Small Health Care Facility - Four to Sixteen Beds
Section R432-200-7 - Levels of Care
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-200-7
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) A Level I facility licensee:
(a) shall comply with the
requirements in Rule R432-150; and
(b) may include:
(i) a skilled nursing facility that maintains
and operates 24-hour skilled nursing services for the care and treatment of
chronically ill or convalescent residents whose primary need is skilled nursing
care or related services on an extended basis; or
(ii) an intermediate care facility that
provides 24-hour care to residents who need licensed nursing supervision and
supportive care, but who do not require continuous nursing care.
(2) A Level II facility licensee may include:
(a) a health care
nursery that provides 24-hour care to children under six years of age who do
not require continuous nursing care and additionally provides the following:
(i) 24-hour care;
(ii) medical coverage;
(iii) dietary services; and
(iv) licensed therapies, as
required;
(b) an
intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities that
provides 24-hour supervisory care to individuals with intellectual or
developmental disabilities, who need supervision in a coordinated and
integrated program of health, habilitative, and supportive services, but who do
not require continuous nursing care that shall additionally provide the
following:
(i) 24-hour care;
(ii) medical coverage;
(iii) dietary services; and
(iv) licensed therapies, as
required;
(c) an
intermediate care facility may be categorized as a Level IV facility if no
resident receives therapy that utilizes chemical or physical restraints that
make the resident incapable of self-preservation in an emergency;
(d) a home for the aging that provides group
housing, supervision, social support, personal care, therapy and nursing care
to elderly individuals who do not need intermediate or skilled nursing care
that shall additionally provide the following:
(i) 24-hour care;
(ii) medical coverage;
(iii) dietary services for at least three
meals a day; and
(iv) licensed
therapies, as required;
(e) a social rehabilitation facility that
provides group housing, personal care, social rehabilitation and treatment for
alcoholism, drug abuse, or mental health to individuals who do not require
intermediate or skilled nursing care that shall additionally provide the
following:
(i) 24-hour care;
(ii) medical coverage;
(iii) dietary services for three meals a day;
and
(iv) licensed therapies, as
required; and
(f) if each
resident in the program is certified by a physician or qualified intellectual
disabilities professional, as ambulatory and in an alcohol or drug abuse
rehabilitation program designed to lead to independent living, then the
facility may be categorized as a Level IV facility.
(3) A Level III facility may include:
(a) a mental health facility that provides
24-hour care to individuals with mental illness who require medical and
psychiatric supervision, including diagnosis and treatment that shall
additionally provide at least the following:
(i) 24-hour care;
(ii) medical and psychiatric
supervision;
(iii) dietary
services; and
(iv) licensed
therapies, as required; and
(b) a youth correction center shall provide
24-hour supervision, care, training, treatment and therapy to individuals who
by court order may be restricted in their daily activities, and under security
control that includes lock-up that shall additionally provide the following:
(i) 24-hour care;
(ii) medical and psychiatric
supervision;
(iii) dietary
services; and
(iv) licensed
therapies, as required.
(4)
(a) A
Level IV facility may include an intermediate care facility for individuals
with intellectual disabilities.
(b)
Individuals with intellectual disabilities in a Level IV facility shall be
ambulatory to qualify for Medicaid or Medicare reimbursement and shall comply
with the following;
(i) Mental Health
Facility, Subsection R432-200-7(3)(a);
(ii) Home for the Aging, Subsection
R432-200-7(2)(d);
and
(iii) Social Rehabilitation
Facility, Subsection R432-200-7(2)(e).
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