[§321-15.61]  Adult residential care homesexpanded admissions.  (a)  Adult residential care homes may admit anindividual who has been living immediately prior to admission in theindividual's own home, a hospital, or other care setting, and who has beeneither:

(1)  Admitted to a medicaid waiver program anddetermined by the department of human services to require nursing facilitylevel care to manage the individual's physical, mental, and social functions;or

(2)  A private-paying individual certified by aphysician or advanced practice registered nurse as needing a nursing facilitylevel of care.

(b)  The department of health shall adopt rulesin accordance with chapter 91 to expand admissions to adult residential carehomes by level of care and to define and standardize these levels of care.  Therules and standards shall provide for appropriate and adequate requirements forknowledge and training of adult residential care home operators and theiremployees. [L 1998, c 132, pt of §1]