Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 7208

  • Facility: means a residential care home, nursing home, assisted living residence, home for persons who are terminally ill, or therapeutic community residence licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See
  • Licensee: means any person, other than a receiver appointed under this chapter, which is licensed or required to be licensed to operate a facility. See
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Owner: means the holder of the title to the property on or in which the facility is maintained. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 7208. Limitations; corrections of conditions

(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the total cost of correcting conditions that constituted grounds for the receivership and violations of State rules and federal regulations governing the operation of the facility or of other health and safety issues exceeds $5,000.00, the receiver shall notify the mortgage holder, licensee, and owner of the conditions needing correcting and the estimated amount needed to correct the condition.

(2) The mortgage holder, owner, or licensee shall have five days from the date of mailing of the notice to apply to the court to determine the reasonableness of the expenditure by the receiver.

(3) If the mortgage holder, owner, or licensee files a motion objecting to the corrections, the receiver shall not correct the conditions until ordered by the court.

(b) If the condition constitutes a situation; physical condition; or a practice, method, or operation that presents imminent danger of death or serious physical or mental harm to residents and the estimate of the total cost of the correction exceeds $10,000.00, the receiver shall notify the mortgage holder, owner, and licensee who may object to the court as provided in subsection (a) of this section. The receiver may proceed with the corrections pending a hearing and order of the court. (Added 2009, No. 36, § 2; amended 2021, No. 20, § 360.)