Assisted Living Regulations
Assisted Living regulations are setup and controlled differently in each of the 50 states and Washington D.C. Assisted Living Regulations control things such as: background check requirements, emergency preparedness, fire safety, food safety, dietary standards, staff training, medication management, and infection control in facilities, expansion procedures, move in/out procedures, and assessments.
Some States are modifying and amending their regulations annually and there is also an effort to get federal regulation passed.
These are the agencies that regulate assisted living in each state:
Alabama – Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health
Alaska – Division of Public Health
Arizona – Arizona Department of Health Services, Division of Assurance and Licensure, Office of Assisted Living Licensure
Arkansas – Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Long Term Care
California – Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Colorado – Department of Public Health
Connecticut – Department of Public Health, Facility Licensing & Investigation section
Delaware – Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection
District of Columbia – Health Regulation Administration
Florida – Agency for Health Care Administration
Georgia – Department of Human Resources, Office of Regulatory services, Personal care home program
Hawaii – Department of Health, Office of Health Care Assurance
Idaho – Department of Health and Welfare
Illinois – Department of Public Health, Division of Assisted Living
Indiana – Indiana State department of health, division of long term care
Iowa – Department of Inspections and Appeals
Kansas – Department on Aging
Kentucky – Cabinet for Health & family services, department for aging & independent living
Louisiana – Department of social services bureau of licensing
Maine – Department of Health and Human Services, division of licensing and regulatory services, community services program
Maryland – Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Health Care Quality
Massachusetts – Executive office of elder affairs
Michigan – Michigan department of human services, bureau of children and adult licensing
Minnesota – Department of Health
Mississippi – Department of health, bureau of health facilities licensure and certification
Missouri - Department of health and senior services, division of regulation and licensure
Montana – Department of Public Health and human services, quality assurance division
Nebraska – Office of Long Term Care facilities, licensure unit, division of public health, Nebraska department of health and human services
Nevada – Division of health, Bureau of licensure and certification
New Hampshire – Department of Health and Human Services, office of operations support, health facilities administration
New Jersey – department of health and senior services
New Mexico – department of health, health facility licensing and certification bureau
New York – Department of Health
North Carolina – Department of Health and Human Services, division of health service regulation
North Dakota – Department of health, division of health facilities for basic care facilities, department of human services for assisted living facilities
Ohio – Ohio Department of Health
Oklahoma – Department of Health, Protective health services
Oregon – Department of Human services, seniors and people with disabilities
Pennsylvania - Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of adult residential licensure
Rhode Island – Department of Health Facilities, Regulation Division
South Carolina – Department of health and environmental control, division of health licensing
South Dakota – Department of Health, Office of health care facilities licensure and certification
Tennessee – Department of Health, Division of Health Care Facilities
Texas – Department of Aging and Disability services
Utah – Department of Health, Facility Licensing, certification and resident assessment
Vermont – Vermont Department of Disabilities, aging, and independent living, Division of Licensure and Protection
Virginia – Department of Social Services, Division of Licensing programs
Washington – Department of social and health services/aging and disability services administration
West Virginia – Department of Health & human resources, Bureau for public health, Office of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification
Wisconsin – Department of Health and family services, Division of Quality Assurance, Assisted Living Bureau
Wyoming – Department of Health, Office of Healthcare Licensing and Surveys
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