39-953a. Order prohibiting new admissions to adult care home; when issued; proceedings; remedy not limiting. (a) At any time the secretary for aging and disability services initiates any action concerning an adult care home in which it is alleged that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the requirements, standards or rules and regulations established under the adult care home licensure act, that conditions exist in the adult care home which are life threatening or endangering to the residents of the adult care home, that the adult care home is insolvent, or that the adult care home has deficiencies which significantly and adversely affect the health, safety, nutrition or sanitation of the adult care home residents, the secretary for aging and disability services may issue an order, pursuant to the emergency proceedings provided for under the Kansas administrative procedure act, prohibiting any new admissions into the adult care home until further determination by the secretary for aging and disability services. This remedy granted to the secretary for aging and disability services is in addition to any other statutory authority the secretary for aging and disability services has relating to the licensure and operation of adult care homes and is not be construed to limit any of the powers and duties of the secretary for aging and disability services under the adult care home licensure act.
(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the adult care home licensure act.
History: L. 1988, ch. 146, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 149, § 18; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 142; July 1.
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