Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-10-1902. Definitions

(1) “Deficiency” means a violation or alleged violation by a long-term care facility of applicable state or federal laws, rules, or regulations governing the operation or licensure of a long-term care facility;

(2) “Deficiency tag number” means an alphanumeric designation of a deficiency by the Office of Long-Term Care that denotes the applicable state or federal rule, regulation, or law allegedly violated and that is used on the statement of deficiencies;

(4) “Informal dispute resolution” means a nonjudicial process or forum before an impartial decision maker that provides a long-term care facility cited for deficiency with the opportunity to dispute a citation for deficiency;

(5) “Long-term care facility” has the same meaning as under § 20-10-213;

(6) “Party” means a long-term care facility requesting an informal dispute resolution hearing or the office, or both;

(7) “State survey agency” means the Office of Long-Term Care, which is the federally designated state entity that performs Medicaid and Medicare surveys and inspections of Arkansas long-term care facilities; and