TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 33

IDAHO RESIDENTIAL CARE OR ASSISTED LIVING ACT

39-3321.  Qualifications and requirements of administrator. (1) Each residential care or assisted living facility must employ at least one (1) administrator licensed by the division of occupational and professional licenses, which is responsible for licensing residential care facility administrators for the state of Idaho. Up to three (3) multiple facilities under one (1) administrator will be allowed by the department.

(2)  The administrator or the administrator’s designee is responsible for:

(a)  Ensuring that policies and procedures are developed and implemented to comply with this chapter;

(b)  Ensuring that adult protective services and law enforcement are notified when required pursuant to sections 39-5303 and 39-5310, Idaho Code;

(c)  Ensuring that facility procedures for investigation of complaints, incidents, accidents, and allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation are implemented to ensure resident safety;

(d)  Identifying and monitoring patterns of accidents, incidents, or complaints and developing interventions to prevent recurrences;

(e)  Completing an investigation and written report of the findings within thirty (30) calendar days for each accident, incident, complaint, or allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation;

(f)  Being reachable and available at all times; and

(g)  Ensuring that no personnel providing hands-on care or supervision services is under seventeen (17) years of age, unless such personnel have completed a certified nursing assistant certification course.

(3)  The administrator or the administrator’s designee must be notified of all serious incidents, accidents, or allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation immediately and notified of complaints regarding health and safety issues within one (1) business day.

(4)  When abuse, neglect, exploitation, incidents, or accidents occur, corrective action shall be immediately taken and monitored to ensure the problem does not recur.

(5)  When a reportable incident occurs, the administrator or administrator’s designee shall notify the licensing agency within one (1) business day of the incident.

(6)  The facility shall notify the licensing agency, in writing, within three (3) business days of a change of administrator.

History:

[39-3321, added 1990, ch. 116, sec. 2, p. 251; am. 1996, ch. 207, sec. 15, p. 642; am. 2000, ch. 274, sec. 25, p. 820; am. 2003, ch. 201, sec. 1, p. 529; am. 2005, ch. 280, sec. 16, p. 892; am. 2022, ch. 94, sec. 3, p. 281; am. 2025, ch. 208, sec. 11, p. 944.]