Rules.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-10-2106
in effectThe Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules necessary to implement and administer this subchapter, including without limitation:
(1) Procedures for a long-term care facility to notify the Office of Long-Term Care of admissions; and
(2)(A) Procedures by which a person in a long-term care facility may decline options counseling for long-term care.
(B)(i) These procedures shall include a form promulgated by the Department of Human Services for use by a long-term care facility.
(ii) The form shall be limited to one (1) page and shall:
(a) Be orally read to the resident or, if applicable, the resident's representative by long-term care facility staff except as provided in this subdivision (2)(B)(ii);
(b) List the date;
(c) State the name of the resident or, if applicable, the resident's representative;
(d) Contain checkboxes indicating that:
(1) The office was notified of the admission;
(2) The form was not read orally to the resident or resident's representative because the resident lacks decisional capacity and does not have a representative; and
(3) The resident or the resident's representative declined the options counseling for long-term care;
(e) Contain a statement and an acknowledgment that options counseling for long-term care is an optional program and may be declined by execution of the form;
(f) Be signed by the resident or, if applicable, the resident's representative; and
(g) Be retained by the long-term care facility in the resident's admission file for eighteen (18) months or until the next standard survey, whichever is longer.
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