§ 15-115. Placement in skilled or intermediate nursing facility

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(a) Condition of patient. -- The Department may not place a Program recipient in a skilled or intermediate nursing facility if, because of the condition of the Program recipient, the placement would cause undue risk to the Program recipient.

(b) Status of facility. -- To provide a basis for evaluating the placement of Program recipients who need skilled or intermediate nursing care in skilled or intermediate nursing facilities, a Program recipient may be placed only in a nursing facility that has a transfer agreement with a general hospital.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 42D; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1983, ch. 95; 1988, ch. 208.

                    
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