S.C. Code Regs. § § 93-65

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 93-65 - Operating a Facility Without a License

A. No nursing home or community residential care facility within the State may operate except under the supervision of a licensed administrator.

B. Violation of the following standards will be considered an unprofessional act that is likely to harm the public.

(1) For combinations of Community Residential Care Facilities and/or other licensed facilities, having the same licensee, on one property, regardless of the number of beds, one full-time licensed administrator must be on site or available during normal business hours.

(2) For one Community Residential Care Facility with more than ten beds on one property, there must be a full-time licensed administrator on site or available during normal business hours.

(3) For one Community Residential Care Facility with ten beds or fewer on one property, there must be an administrator who is on site a minimum of twenty hours per week with time spent in the facility during normal business hours, equitably distributed daily.

(4) When a combination situation exists that does not comply with item (1) above, a second facility must be ten or fewer beds and no further than a forty mile radius of the combination site, and the work hours of the administrator must be equitably distributed daily during normal business hours.

S.C. Code Regs. § 93-65

Added by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 1993. Amended by State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 6, Part 3, eff June 26, 1998; State Register Volume 28, Issue No. 4, eff April 23, 2004; State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2012; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016; State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020.