43-7-59 - Certification of community Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman programs.
§ 43-7-59. Certification of community Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman programs.
(1) The Office of the State Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman shall certify community long-term care facilities ombudsman programs, except that community long-term care facilities ombudsman programs existing on July 1, 1988, shall be certified unless the Office of the State Long-term Care Facilities Ombudsman determines that the existing community program no longer meets the requirement of Sections 43-7-51 through 43-7-79.
(2) The council shall specify standards for the certification and operation of community ombudsman programs.
Sources: Laws, 1988, ch. 592, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 1988.