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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-10-806. Administration of subchapter--Implementation--Rules

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) This subchapter shall be administered by the Division of Health Facilities Services.

(b)(1) The State Board of Health shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce such rules and standards as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this subchapter.

(2) The rules and standards shall be amended or rescinded from time to time by the board as may be in the public interest, after first complying with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.

(3) Rules under this subchapter shall:

(A)(i) Require that a qualified supervisor shall establish the frequency of in-person supervisory visits as part of the patient's plan of care based on the specific needs of the patient and the recommendations of the registered nurse.

(ii) The frequency of in-person visits shall be at least annually.

(iii)(a) A qualified supervisor shall be a licensed nurse or have completed two (2) years of full-time study at an accredited institution of higher education.

(b) An individual who has a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma may substitute one (1) year of full-time employment in a supervisory capacity in a healthcare facility or community-based agency for one (1) year at an institution of higher education; and

(B) Not require:

(i) A registered nurse to visit a patient every sixty-two (62) days to supervise services;

(ii) For any home healthcare services agency in existence as of April 1, 2021, or licensed afterwards:

(a) More than one (1) branch office or other place of business to be physically located in the state; or

(b) A separate license indicating a geographic limitation with respect to the provision of services; or

(iii) A branch office of a home healthcare services agency that only provides unskilled home healthcare services to be within a one-hundred-mile radius of a patient's home.

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