Dementia Special Care Unit Disclosure Requirement
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, §§ 3, 71, and 72Department of Public Health
- (A) A nursing home that holds itself out to the public or advertises having a DSCU shall complete a DSCU disclosure form, as provided in Department guidelines by May 29, 2014 and then annually on March 1st , regardless of whether the information reported in the form has changed.
(B) The most current disclosure form shall be provided by the facility to each of the following parties:
- (1) Each resident or the resident’s representative, seeking to be admitted to the DSCU, prior to the resident’s admission;
- (2) Any member of the public who requests a copy of the disclosure statement.
- (C) The disclosure form must be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility. All pages of the disclosure form must be visible to the public.
- (D) The facility shall make its disclosure form available to any healthcare facility that requests a copy.
- (E) If a facility has received a waiver for one or more of requirements in 105 CMR 150.024 through 150.029, the facility shall include information about each waiver on its disclosure form.