A. An administrator may discharge a participant from an adult day health care facility by terminating the agreement in R9-10-1107(B):
- 1. After giving the participant or participant’s representative five working days written notice; and
2. For any of the following reasons:
- a. Evidence of repeated failure to comply with the requirements of the adult day health care facility,
- b. Documented proof of failure to pay,
- c. Behavior that is dangerous to self or that interferes with the physical or psychological well-being of other participants, or
- d. The participant requires services not in the adult day health care facility’s scope of services.
B. An administrator shall ensure that discharge instructions for a participant are:
1. Developed that:
- a. Identify any specific needs of the participant after discharge,
- b. Are completed before discharge occurs,
- c. Include a description of the level of care that may meet the participant’s assessed and anticipated needs after discharge, and
- d. Are documented in the participant’s medical record within 48 hours after the discharge instructions are completed; and
- 2. Provided to the participant or the participant’s representative before the discharge occurs.
Historical Note
Adopted effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Section R9-10-1109 renumbered to Section R9-10-1110; new Section R9-10-1109 renumbered from Section R9-10-1108 and amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, pursuant to Laws 2013, Ch. 10, § 13; effective July 1, 2014 (Supp. 14-2).