Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 745 - ASSESSMENT IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
Part II - Assessment Services
Section 22VAC40-745-50 - Authorization of services to be provided

A. The assessor is responsible for authorizing the individual for the appropriate level of care for admission to and continued stay in an assisted living facility.

B. The assisted living facility must be knowledgeable of the criteria for level of care in an assisted living facility and is responsible for discharge of the resident whenever a resident does not meet the criteria for level of care in an assisted living facility upon admission or at any later time.

C. The appropriate level of care must be documented on the uniform assessment instrument, completed in a manner consistent with the definitions of activities of daily living and directions provided in the User's Manual: Virginia Uniform Assessment Instrument.

D. During an inspection or review, staff from either the department, DMAS, or the local department of social services may initiate a change in level of care for any assisted living facility resident for whom it is determined that the resident's uniform assessment instrument is not reflective of the resident's current status.