* § 4654. General requirements; applicability of laws to enhanced assisted living. Nothing in this article shall require a residence to obtain an enhanced assisted living certificate pursuant to this title unless such residence elects to provide aging in place by retaining residents described in subdivision fifteen of section four thousand six hundred fifty-one of this article.

Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 4654*2

  • Aging in place: means , care and services at a facility which possesses an enhanced assisted living certificate which, to the extent practicable, within the scope of services set forth in the written residency agreement executed pursuant to section four thousand six hundred fifty-eight of this article, accommodates a resident's changing needs and preferences in order to allow such resident to be admitted to or remain in the residence as long as the residence is able and authorized to accommodate the resident's current and changing needs. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651*2
  • Enhanced assisted living certificate: means a certificate issued by the department which authorizes an assisted living residence to provide aging in place by either admitting or retaining residents who desire to age in place and who: (a) are chronically chairfast and unable to transfer, or chronically require the physical assistance of another person to transfer; (b) chronically require the physical assistance of another person in order to walk; (c) chronically require the physical assistance of another person to climb or descend stairs; (d) are dependent on medical equipment and require more than intermittent or occasional assistance from medical personnel; or (e) has chronic unmanaged urinary or bowel incontinence. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4651*2

* NB There are 2 § 4654's