For purposes of Sections 3 through 8 of this act:
1. “Impartial decision-making panel” means a group of individuals who are qualified volunteers and employees or contractors with the State Department of Health and shall consist of five (5) members as follows:
a.two members shall be impartial representative volunteers who have experience in the operation of a long-term care setting, such as an administrator, operator or director of nursing,
b.one member shall be an employee of the Department who has experience in the survey process,
c.one member shall be a person representing the aging or disabled community, and
d.one member shall be an impartial person who is not employed by the Protective Health Services, Long-Term Care Division of the State Department of Health; and
2. “Alternative informal dispute resolution” means a nonjudicial process or forum before an impartial decision-making panel that provides a facility cited for deficiency with the opportunity to dispute a citation for deficiency within the pilot program established in Sections 3 through 8 of this act.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 347, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
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