135C.3 - NATURE OF CARE.
135C.3 NATURE OF CARE.
1. A licensed nursing facility shall provide an organized
twenty-four-hour program of services commensurate with the needs of
its residents and under the immediate direction of a licensed nurse.
Medical and nursing services must be provided under the direction of
either a house physician or an individually selected physician.
Surgery or obstetrical care shall not be provided within the
facility. An admission to the nursing facility must be based on a
physician's written order certifying that the individual being
admitted requires no greater degree of nursing care than the facility
to which the admission is made is licensed to provide and is capable
of providing.
2. A licensed intermediate care facility for persons with mental
illness shall provide an organized twenty-four-hour program of
services commensurate with the needs of its residents and under the
immediate direction of a licensed registered nurse, who has had at
least two years of recent experience in a chronic or acute
psychiatric setting. Medical and nursing service must be provided
under the direction of either a house physician or an individually
selected physician. Surgery or obstetrical care shall not be
provided within the facility. An admission to the intermediate care
facility for persons with mental illness must be based on a
physician's written order certifying that the individual being
admitted requires no greater degree of nursing care than the facility
to which the admission is made is licensed to provide and is capable
of providing. Section History: Early Form
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135C.3] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1039, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113
Referred to in § 135C.2, 347B.6