Adult Care Home and Family Care Home Rules
Pursuant to GS 150B-21.3A, Periodic Review and Expiration of Existing Rules, all rules are reviewed at least every 10 years, or they shall expire. As a result of the periodic review of Subchapters 10A NCAC 13F, Licensing of Adult Care Homes of Seven or More Beds, and 10A NCAC 13G, Licensing of Family Care Homes, these four proposed readoption rules were part of the 97 total rules determined as “Necessary With Substantive Public Interest,” requiring readoption. With input from stakeholders, substantive changes are proposed to two rules for readoption, two rules are proposed without substantive changes for readoption, and one rule is proposed for amendment for the regulation of licensed Adult Care Homes and Family Care Homes in N.C. The secondary intent of the proposed rules is to make the rules of these two types of assisted living residences comparable, if not the same, for regulatory efficiency since they both house the same type of residents as permitted by law.
The proposed rules for Adult Care Homes and Family Care Homes update the resident discharge rule language to align with the existing requirements in accordance with G.S. 131D-4.8 and include additional documentation requirements for discharge preparation. Rule 10A NCAC 13G .0504 is proposed for amendment to add clarifying text to match the text of Rule 10A NCAC 13F .0504. In addition, the proposed rules make technical changes to the text.
- Notification of proposed readoption/amendment rules
- Proposed Effective Date: October 1, 2023
- Public Comment Period: March 15, 2023 - May 15, 2023
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Comments may be submitted by:
- Email: [email protected]
- Mail: Nadine Pfeiffer, Division of Health Service Regulation, 809 Ruggles Drive, 2701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2701
- Public Hearing:
- Date: April 27, 2023
- Time: 10:00 a.m.
- Location: Dorothea Dix Park, Brown Building, Room 104, 801 Biggs Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
- The fiscal note was approved by:
- OSBM on January 19, 2023
- N.C. Medical Care Commission on February 10, 2023
- Rule Fiscal Note
- Federal Certification required by GS 150B-19.1(g)
- Not applicable for these rules
- The notice of text as approved by the N.C. Medical Care Commission on February 10, 2023:
- Public Comments
- Technical Changes
- Procedure for subjecting a proposed rule to Legislative Review: If an objection is not resolved prior to the adoption of the rule, a person may also submit written objections to the Rules Review Commission. If the Rules Review Commission receives written and signed objections in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.3(b2) from 10 or more persons clearly requesting review by the legislature and the Rules Review Commission approves the rule, the rule will become effective as provided in G.S. 150B-21.3(b1). The Commission will receive written objections until 5:00 p.m. on the day following the day the Commission approves the rule. The Commission will receive those objections by mail, delivery service, hand delivery, or facsimile transmission.
- This rule was approved by the Rules Review Commission on September 21, 2023:
- The effective date of this rule is October 1, 2023.
- These rules were approved by the Rules Review Commission on November 16, 2023.
- The effective date of these rules is December 1, 2023.