50-5-225. Assisted living facilities -- services to residents -- employee background checks. (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.