Resident agreements.
A written contract must be provided to the resident prior to admission and signed by the resident or surrogate, if necessary, and a representative of the ALR. The nonfinancial portions of the contract shall include the following: The ALR’s organizational affiliations (including parent or subsidiary organizations, religious or charitable affiliation, and management company); The specific nature of any special care that it holds itself out to provide, such as specialty in Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease; An identification of services to be included and excluded, part of which is the ISP; A list of resident rights including grievance procedures; Unit assignment and procedures if changes occur; Admission and discharge policies which include clear and specific criteria for admission, transfer, and discharge; A description of responsibility for provision or coordination of healthcare, if any; An arrangement for notification in case of the resident’s death; and A disposition of the resident’s property upon discharge, transfer, or death of the resident.
Annotations
June 24, 2000, D.C. Law 13-127, § 602, 47 DCR 2647 This section is referenced in § 44-106.03.
Sourced from the DC Council Open Law Library (public domain).
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