AUTHORITY The following rules and regulations for the - Arkansas ...

adequate level of service and assistance to the number of residents indicated on
the license.
2. An emergency exists in the facility.
3. The licensee voluntarily closes the facility.
4. The facility requests the aid of the Office of Long Term Care in the removal of
residents and the removal is made:
a. With consent of residents;
b. For valid medical reasons;
c. For the welfare of the resident or other residents.
214 SUSPENSION OF NEW ADMISSIONS
214.1 The Office of Long Term Care may suspend the admission of residents to a
residential long term care facility on the following grounds:
a. One or more deficiencies remain uncorrected after efforts to attain
compliance have failed, and the deficiencies affect the health and safety of
residents or impair the licensee's ability to provide adequate services or
assistance to the total number of residents indicated on the license;
b. An emergency exists in the facility and the health and safety of the
residents are threatened.
214.2 Before new admissions are suspended, the licensee shall receive prompt notice of
the Department's decision. The suspension shall terminate upon the Department's
determination that the facility is in substantial compliance or upon successful
appeal of the suspension by the licensee.
215 PROVISIONAL LICENSURE
Subject to the requirements below, a provisional license shall be issued to the Applicant and new
operator of the long-term care facility when the Office of Long Term Care has received the
Application for Licensure to Conduct a Long Term Care Facility. A provisional license shall be
effective from the date the Office of Long-Term Care provides notice to the Applicant and new
operator, until the date the long-term care license is issued. With the exception of Medicaid or
Medicare provider status, a provisional license confers upon the holder all the rights and duties
of licensure.
Prior to the issuance of a provisional license:
1. The purchaser and the seller of the long-term care facility shall provide the Office of
Long Term Care with written notice of the change of ownership at least thirty (30) days
prior to the effective date of the sale.
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