Section 325.21705. Other specialized services.

A developmental disability nursing home or nursing facility shall comply with all of the following provisions:

(a)    Provide an organized program of diversional activities and training services required to meet the needs of individual developmentally disabled patients. Such programs, in accordance with the needs of individual patients, shall be consistent with the patient's physical condition, level of functioning, and mental capacity.

(b)   Provide necessary arrangements to obtain other specialized diagnostic services and forms of therapy as may be required by the individual patients.

(c)    Keep the state developmental disability facility, which is designated by the department of community health, in the home's or facility's area advised on a monthly basis, by mail, of the availability of beds for the care of patients and the name of the physician specialist on its staff.

History: 1981 AACS; 2014 AACS.