Connecticut General Statutes 19a-522d – Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Maximum time span between meals; bedtime nourishment
A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may extend the maximum time span between the patient’s evening meal and breakfast from fourteen hours to sixteen hours provided such extension of the time span meets the requirements of 42 C.F.R. § 483.35(f)(4). A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision, when providing bedtime nourishment to patients as required by the Public Health Code, shall verbally offer such nourishment to patients and shall not be required to serve such nourishment to patients who decline such nourishment. In accordance with section 19a-36, the Commissioner of Public Health shall amend the Public Health Code in conformity with the provisions of this section.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-522d
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Health or the commissioner's designee. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490
- rest home: means a community residence that furnishes, in single or multiple facilities, food and shelter to two or more persons unrelated to the proprietor and, in addition, provides services that meet a need beyond the basic provisions of food, shelter and laundry and may qualify as a setting that allows residents to receive home and community-based services funded by state and federal programs. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490