- (1) The purpose of these rules in this subchapter is to establish licensing requirements for adult foster care homes (AFCH).
- (2) The purpose of an AFCH is to offer in a home-like safe environment, light personal care, custodial care, and supervision to aged or disabled adults who require assistance in meeting their basic needs. Residents' needs are to be addressed in a manner that supports and enables residents to maximize their ability to function at the highest level of independence possible.
- (3) An AFCH is limited to light personal care, custodial care, and supervision and does not provide skilled nursing care except as provided for in ARM 37.100.136.
- (4) The licensing requirements for operating an AFCH do not apply to persons in a mutual or shared living arrangement.
Authorizing statute(s): 50-5-103, 50-5-215, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 50-5-101, 50-5-103, 50-5-215, 50-5-216, MCA
History: NEW, 1985 MAR p. 289, Eff. 3/29/85; TRANS, from Dept. of SRS, 1987 MAR p. 1492, Eff. 7/1/87; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 2207, Eff. 12/22/89; TRANS, from DFS, 1998 MAR p. 667; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 1098, Eff. 5/23/14.