Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-10-.01

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 8, May 31, 2024

Section 560-X-10-.01 - Definitions

(1) Nursing Facility - An institution which is primarily engaged in providing nursing care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care, rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled or sick persons, or on a regular basis health related care and services to individuals who because of their mental or physical condition require care and services which may be made available to them only through institutional facilities. A facility may not include any institution that is for the care and treatment of mental disease except for services furnished to individuals age 65 and over.

(2) Intermediate Care Facility for the Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) - An institution that is primarily for the diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation of the intellectually disabled or persons with related conditions and provides in a protected residential setting, ongoing evaluations, planning, 24 hour supervision, coordination and integration of health or rehabilitative services to help each individual function at their greatest ability.

(3) Institution for Mental Disease (IMD) -

(a) An institution that is licensed as a mental institution; or

(b) More than fifty percent (50%) of the patients are receiving care because of disability in functioning resulting from a mental disease. Mental diseases are those listed under the heading of Mental Disease in the diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Current Edition, International Classification of Diseases, adopted for use in the United States (ICD 9) or its successors, except for intellectual disability.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-10-.01

Rule effective October 1, 1982. Amended: Effective December 18, 1986. Emergency rule: Effective October 1, 1990. Amended: Effective February 13, 1991. Amended: Filed August 11, 2003; effective September 15, 2003.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXV, Issue No. 04, January 31, 2017, eff. 2/25/2017.

Author: Robin Arrington, Associate Director, LTC Provider Recipient/Services Unit

Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §§ 431.1, et seq.; 483.5; 435.1009.