NRS449.183. Facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing and residential facility for groups to adopt written policy concerning readmission after temporary transfer of patient or resident.

      1.  A facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing and residential facility for groups shall adopt a written policy that establishes:

      (a) The number of days the facility will hold the bed of a patient or resident for his or her return if the patient or resident is transferred temporarily to a hospital or other facility for medical reasons; and

      (b) That a patient or resident who is so transferred for a period that exceeds the period of the hold established pursuant to paragraph (a) will be allowed to resume his or her residency as soon as a bed becomes available, if the facility is suitable for properly caring for the patient upon his or her return.

      2.  Upon admission of a patient or resident to a facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing or residential facility for groups, the facility shall provide to the patient or resident and, if applicable, to the legal representative of the patient or resident, a copy of the policy established pursuant to subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 2011, 1063)