§ 20-10-1004 - Prohibiting new admissions -- Hearings and appeals. - Arkansas Statutes

20-10-1004. Prohibiting new admissions -- Hearings and appeals.

(a) The Director of the Office of Long-Term Care may prohibit new admissions to a long-term care facility not in compliance due to a Class A violation until the Office of Long-Term Care determines the facility is in substantial compliance.

(b) If the director determines to prohibit admissions to a facility, he or she shall notify the administrator of the facility in writing, by certified mail or other means which gives actual notice, that the facility is prohibited from admitting any new residents due to a Class A violation and that the prohibition shall continue until the office makes a determination that the facility has corrected the deficiency and is in substantial compliance.

(c) (1) The facility may request an immediate hearing by written request to the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(2) The department shall provide a fair and impartial hearing officer within ten (10) days of receipt of the request.

(3) Unless in conflict with this subsection, the procedure for hearings and appeals set forth in 20-10-208 shall be followed.