(a) The ombudsman shall have training and experience in the following areas:
(1) Gerontology, long-term care, health care, or relevant social services program;
(2) The legal system;
(3) Dispute resolution techniques, including investigation, mediation, or negotiation; and
(4) Long-term care advocacy.
(b) No person who has been employed by a long-term care facility or a corporation that directly or indirectly owned or operated a long-term care facility within the past 2 years shall be an ombudsman.
(c) Neither the ombudsman nor any member of his or her immediate family shall have any pecuniary interest in a long-term care facility.
CREDIT(S)
(Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-218, § 203, 36 DCR 534.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 6-3513.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 7-218, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-701.01.