(1) An assisted living facility shall, at a minimum, provide or make provisions for:
- (a) personal services, such as laundry, housekeeping, food service, and local transportation;
- (b) assistance with activities of daily living, as provided for in the facility admission agreement and that do not require the use of a licensed health care professional or a licensed practical nurse;
- (c) recreational activities;
- (d) assistance with self-medication;
- (e) 24-hour onsite supervision by staff; and
- (f) assistance in arranging health-related services, such as medical appointments and appointments related to hearing aids, glasses, or dentures.
(2) An assisted living facility may provide, make provisions for, or allow a resident to obtain third-party provider services for:
- (a) the administration of medications consistent with applicable laws and regulations; and
- (b) skilled nursing care or other skilled services related to temporary, short-term, acute illnesses, which may not exceed 30 consecutive days for one episode or more than a total of 120 days in 1 year.
- (3) An assisted living facility shall conduct a background check on all individuals who have accepted employment. The background check may be a name-based background check.
(4) An assisted living facility may not employ a person who:
- (a) has been found guilty in a court of law of an offense involving abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment, or misappropriation of property;
- (b) has been subject to disciplinary action by a state professional licensing board because of a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment of residents, or misappropriation of resident property; or
- (c) has had a finding entered into the state nurse aide registry concerning abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment of residents, or misappropriation of resident property.
- (5) An assisted living facility may provisionally employ an individual pending the results of a background check.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 597, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 54, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 362, L. 2019.