(a) The Office of Long-Term Care shall promulgate rules specifying classified violations in accordance with this section. (b) The notice of violation issued to a long-term care facility by the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care shall be classified according to the nature of the violation and shall indicate the classification on the face of the notice as follows: (1) Class A violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility resulting in death or serious physical harm to a resident or creating a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm to a resident will result therefrom; (2) Class B violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility which directly threatens the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; (3) Class C violations shall relate to administrative and reporting requirements that do not directly threaten the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; and (4) (A) Class D violations shall relate to the timely submission of statistical and financial reports to the office. (B) The failure to timely submit a statistical or financial report shall be considered a separate Class D violation during any month or part of a month of noncompliance. (C) In addition to any civil penalty which may be imposed, the director is authorized, after the first month of a Class D violation, to withhold any further reimbursement to the long-term care facility until the statistical and financial report is received by the office. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1860, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1979, No. 28, § 4; 1981, No. 908, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2219; Acts 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 4, § 2; 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 2. (a) The Office of Long-Term Care shall promulgate rules specifying classified violations in accordance with this section. (b) The notice of violation issued to a long-term care facility by the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care shall be classified according to the nature of the violation and shall indicate the classification on the face of the notice as follows: (1) Class A violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility resulting in death or serious physical harm to a resident or creating a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm to a resident will result therefrom; (2) Class B violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility which directly threatens the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; (3) Class C violations shall relate to administrative and reporting requirements that do not directly threaten the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; and (4) (A) Class D violations shall relate to the timely submission of statistical and financial reports to the office. (B) The failure to timely submit a statistical or financial report shall be considered a separate Class D violation during any month or part of a month of noncompliance. (C) In addition to any civil penalty which may be imposed, the director is authorized, after the first month of a Class D violation, to withhold any further reimbursement to the long-term care facility until the statistical and financial report is received by the office. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1860, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1979, No. 28, § 4; 1981, No. 908, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2219; Acts 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 4, § 2; 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 2. (a) The Office of Long-Term Care shall promulgate rules specifying classified violations in accordance with this section. (b) The notice of violation issued to a long-term care facility by the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care shall be classified according to the nature of the violation and shall indicate the classification on the face of the notice as follows: (1) Class A violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility resulting in death or serious physical harm to a resident or creating a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm to a resident will result therefrom; (2) Class B violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility which directly threatens the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; (3) Class C violations shall relate to administrative and reporting requirements that do not directly threaten the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; and (4) (A) Class D violations shall relate to the timely submission of statistical and financial reports to the office. (B) The failure to timely submit a statistical or financial report shall be considered a separate Class D violation during any month or part of a month of noncompliance. (C) In addition to any civil penalty which may be imposed, the director is authorized, after the first month of a Class D violation, to withhold any further reimbursement to the long-term care facility until the statistical and financial report is received by the office. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1860, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1979, No. 28, § 4; 1981, No. 908, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2219; Acts 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 4, § 2; 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 2. (a) The Office of Long-Term Care shall promulgate rules specifying classified violations in accordance with this section. (b) The notice of violation issued to a long-term care facility by the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care shall be classified according to the nature of the violation and shall indicate the classification on the face of the notice as follows: (1) Class A violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility resulting in death or serious physical harm to a resident or creating a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm to a resident will result therefrom; (2) Class B violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility which directly threatens the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; (3) Class C violations shall relate to administrative and reporting requirements that do not directly threaten the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; and (4) (A) Class D violations shall relate to the timely submission of statistical and financial reports to the office. (B) The failure to timely submit a statistical or financial report shall be considered a separate Class D violation during any month or part of a month of noncompliance. (C) In addition to any civil penalty which may be imposed, the director is authorized, after the first month of a Class D violation, to withhold any further reimbursement to the long-term care facility until the statistical and financial report is received by the office. (1) Class A violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility resulting in death or serious physical harm to a resident or creating a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm to a resident will result therefrom; (2) Class B violations create a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a long-term care facility which directly threatens the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; (3) Class C violations shall relate to administrative and reporting requirements that do not directly threaten the health, safety, or welfare of a resident; and (4) (A) Class D violations shall relate to the timely submission of statistical and financial reports to the office. (B) The failure to timely submit a statistical or financial report shall be considered a separate Class D violation during any month or part of a month of noncompliance. (C) In addition to any civil penalty which may be imposed, the director is authorized, after the first month of a Class D violation, to withhold any further reimbursement to the long-term care facility until the statistical and financial report is received by the office. (A) Class D violations shall relate to the timely submission of statistical and financial reports to the office. (B) The failure to timely submit a statistical or financial report shall be considered a separate Class D violation during any month or part of a month of noncompliance. (C) In addition to any civil penalty which may be imposed, the director is authorized, after the first month of a Class D violation, to withhold any further reimbursement to the long-term care facility until the statistical and financial report is received by the office. Acts 1979, No. 28, § 4; 1981, No. 908, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2219; Acts 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 4, § 2; 1988 (4th Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 2.
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