(1) Upon admission to a residential care or assisted living facility, the facility and the resident shall enter into an admission agreement. The admission agreement shall clearly outline who is financially responsible for resident charges and shall clearly outline the facility’s resident discharge policies. The agreement shall be in writing and shall be signed by both parties. The board shall promulgate rules governing admission agreements which may be integrated with the negotiated service agreement.
(2)  A resident may be discharged for the following:
(a)  A resident’s failure to pay;
(b)  The facility’s inability to meet the resident’s needs;
(c)  The resident’s needs are greater than the level of care provided by the specific facility;
(d)  The resident is a danger to himself or others.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-3313

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Board: means the board of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 39-3302
  • Department: means the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 39-3302
  • Facility: means a residential care or assisted living facility. See Idaho Code 39-3302
  • Negotiated service agreement: means the agreement reached by the resident and/or the resident’s representative and the facility, based on the assessment, physician’s orders, admission records, and desires of the resident, and which outlines services to be provided and the obligations of the facility and the resident. See Idaho Code 39-3302
  • Resident: means an adult who lives in a residential care or assisted living facility. See Idaho Code 39-3302
  • Residential care or assisted living facility: means a facility or residence, however named, operated on either a profit or nonprofit basis for the purpose of providing necessary supervision, personal assistance, meals and lodging to three (3) or more adults not related to the owner. See Idaho Code 39-3302
(3)  A resident shall have the right to appeal a discharge as established by department rule.
(4)  Should a residential care or assisted living facility choose not to carry professional liability insurance, that information shall be disclosed, in writing, to residents upon admission.