Title 22, Title 22

1. Definition. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, "ambulatory surgical facility" means a facility with a primary purpose of providing elective surgical care to a patient who is admitted to and discharged from the facility within the same day. In orde…

1. Minimum hours. The department shall approve at least the following number of hours for the following services in nursing homes. A. The department shall approve at least 1/2 hour per patient per week for social services. [PL 1991, c. 327 (NEW).] B. The department shall approve …

1. Established. The Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers is established in compliance with federal and state requirements. The Department of Health and Human Services shall maintain the registry and make it accessible through a public website por…

1. Medicare. Any nursing facility that participates in the Medicaid program must participate in the Medicare health insurance for the aged program as a skilled nursing facility. 2. Compliance. Any nursing facility required to participate in the Medicare health insurance for the a…

For purposes of this section, "critical access hospital" has the same meaning as in section 7932, subsection 10. [PL 2023, c. 643, Pt. KK, §1 (NEW).] 1. Application for conversion to critical access hospital. In addition to the criteria provided in section 7932, subsection 10, in…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Certified nursing assistant" means an individual who has successfully completed an approved nursing assistant training program, holds a certificat…

1. Performance of certain tasks for residents receiving skilled nursing facility services. For a nursing facility resident receiving skilled nursing facility level services: A. The initial comprehensive visit through which a plan of care is developed for the resident and every al…

1. Definition. As used in this chapter, "urgent care facility" means a health care facility that is not otherwise licensed with a primary purpose of providing medical evaluation and care on a walk-in basis for non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses and that does not have a p…

Notwithstanding any provision of section 1817 to the contrary, the following provisions apply to the licensing of intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities. [PL 2025, c. 237, §4 (NEW); RR 2025, c. 1, Pt. A, §29 (RAL).] 1. Definitions. For the purpose…

A person, partnership, association or corporation or any state, county or local governmental unit may not continue to operate an existing hospital, sanatorium, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or ambulatory surgical facility or open a hospital, sanatorium, convalescent …

Any person, partnership, association or corporation, including state, county or local governmental units, desiring a license shall file with the department a verified application containing the name of the applicant desiring the license; whether the persons so applying are at lea…

Each application for a license to operate a hospital, convalescent home or nursing home must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee. Hospitals shall pay $40 for each bed contained within the facility. Nursing and convalescent homes shall pay $26 for each bed contained within the f…

In addition to the fee in section 1815, an application for a license to operate a nursing home must be accompanied by a nonrefundable surcharge of $5 for each bed contained within the facility. The surcharge must be deposited in the General Fund.

1. Inspection requirements. Every building, institution or establishment for which a license has been issued must be periodically inspected by duly appointed representatives of the division of licensing and certification under the rules adopted by the department. An institution l…

The department is authorized to issue licenses to operate hospitals, sanatoriums, convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical facilities and other related institutions that, after inspection, are found to comply with this chapter and any rules adopted by th…

Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the department in refusing to issue a license or the renewal of a license may request a hearing as provided by the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375.

Hospitals may treat any 2 or more trust funds as a single fund solely for the purpose of investment, if such investment is not prohibited by the instrument, judgment, decree or order creating such trust funds. Unless ordered by decree, the hospital so investing said funds is not …

Each hospital licensed under this chapter must annually publicly disclose: [PL 2005, c. 249, §1 (NEW).] 1. IRS Form 990. The federal Internal Revenue Service Form 990, including all related disclosable schedules, for the hospital and for each tax-exempt entity related to the hosp…

The department shall have the power to establish reasonable standards under this chapter which it finds to be necessary and in the public interest and may rescind or modify such regulations from time to time as may be in the public interest, in so far as such action is not in con…

The department and any duly designated officer or employee thereof shall have the right to enter upon and into the premises of any nursing home licensed pursuant to this chapter at any reasonable time in order to determine the state of compliance with this chapter and any rules a…

Any person, including county or local government units, who is conducting, managing or operating any hospital, sanatorium, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or institution within the meaning of this chapter and who is properly licensed therefor in accordance with this ch…

If an applicant to a nursing facility has not received a preadmission assessment in accordance with section 3174‑I, the nursing facility shall provide to the applicant and any relative or friend assisting the applicant a notice prepared by the department regarding preadmission as…

Any hospital licensed under this chapter or alcohol or drug treatment facility licensed pursuant to section 7801 that provides facilities to a minor in connection with the prevention of a sexually transmitted infection or the treatment of that minor for a sexually transmitted inf…

The operator or agent of any skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, licensed pursuant to this chapter, who manages, holds or deposits the personal funds of any resident of the facility is subject to all the procedures and provisions included in section 7857.

All contracts or agreements executed at the time of admission or prior to admission by a resident or legal representative and by any nursing home licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of this section. [PL 1985, c. 291, §1 (NEW).] 1. Required contr…

A nursing home may require an identification photograph of each resident. Photographs may not be used for any other purpose without the permission of the resident for each specific use. The permission must indicate the specific purpose which the pictures are to be used for and, e…

1. Confidential information. The following provisions apply to records that are made, acquired or retained by the department in connection with the administration of the Medicaid program and the licensing or certification of hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities a…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Medical utilization review entity" means a person, corporation, organization or other entity that provides medical utilization review services as …

1. Notice. Each nursing home shall post a notice in a place within the nursing home where notices for residents are ordinarily posted stating that each resident has the right to obtain medication from a pharmacy of the resident's choice as provided in section 1826, subsection 1.

1. Provision of information. In order to provide for informed patient or resident decisions, a hospital or nursing facility shall provide a standardized list of licensed providers of care and services and available physicians for all patients or residents prior to discharge for w…

A hospital licensed under this chapter shall, on an annual basis, adopt a safety and security plan to protect the patients, visitors and employees of the hospital from aggressive and violent behavior. The safety and security plan must include a process for hospitals to receive an…

1. Screening. A hospital licensed under this chapter shall screen all patients presenting for emergency care at the hospital's emergency department regarding whether or not the patient has prior service in the military. This information must be added to the hospital's patient dat…