§ 63-1-873 — Licensure requirements and standards - Centers required

to be licensed. A. The State Commissioner of Health, with the advice of the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board, created pursuant to Section 1-1923 of this title, shall define minimum adult day care licensure requirements and rules including standards for: 1. Health and social services which may be provided to participants; 2. The range of services to be provided by a center based on the type of participants to be served; 3. Staff to participant ratios; 4. Staff and volunteer qualifications; 5. Staff training; 6. Food services; 7. Participant records and care plans; 8. Antidiscrimination policies; 9. Sanitary and fire standards; and 10. Any other requirements necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of frail elderly and disabled adults. B. Centers to be licensed shall include all adult day care centers. Sheltered workshops and senior recreational centers which do not receive participant fees for services are not required to be licensed. It shall be unlawful to operate a center without first obtaining a license for such operation as required by the Adult Day Care Act, regardless of other licenses held by the operator. Organizations operating more than one center shall obtain a license for each site. C. The license for operation of a center shall be issued by the State Department of Health. The license shall: 1. Not be transferable or assignable; 2. Be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises; 3. Be issued only for the premises named in the application; and 4. Expire thirty-six (36) months from the date of issuance, provided an initial license shall expire one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of issuance. Licenses may be issued for a period of more than twelve (12) months, but not more than thirty-six (36) months, for the licensing period immediately following November 1, 2021, in order to permit an equitable distribution of license expiration dates to all months of the year. D. A center shall meet the safety, sanitation and food service standards of the State Department of Health. E. Local health, fire and building codes relating to adult day care centers shall be classified as an education use group. F. The issuance or renewal of a license after notice of a violation has been sent shall not constitute a waiver by the State Department of Health of its power to subsequently revoke the license or take other enforcement action for any violations of the Adult Day Care Act committed prior to issuance or renewal of the license.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1989, c. 192, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 104, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2000, c. 48, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 34, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2021, c. 94, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.