Each chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with nursing supervision shall complete a comprehensive medical history and medical examination for each patient upon the patient’s admission and annually thereafter. The Commissioner of Public Health shall prescribe the medical examination requirements, including tests and procedures to be performed, in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. A urinalysis, including protein and glucose qualitative determination and microscopic examination, shall not be required as part of such facility’s post-admission tests.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-522g

  • 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