Nursing Home Regulations

Nursing Home Regulations
Nursing Home Regulations

Minnesota Nursing Home Rules - Minnesota Administrative Rule 4658

Minn. Rule 4658. The State of Minnesota has nursing home regulations including: licensing, administration of operations, penalties, resident rights, resident personal funds account, restraints, resident assessment and plan of care, clinical records, nursing services, dietary service, medical and dental services, infection control, recreational program, spiritual needs, social services, barber and beauty shop services, rehabilitation services, medications, environmental services, specialized units as well as regulations pertaining to the requirements for the building and physical plant.

Here are additional Minnesota Nursing Home Rules and Regulations:

Chapter 144A  Nursing Homes and Home Care 

Chapter 6400, Licensing of Nursing Home Administrators 6400.5000 to 6400.6900 (BELTSS)

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Federal Nursing Home Minimum Standards Regulations, 42 CFR 483

Common Nursing Home Law Questions and Answers

Answer: The following regulations pertain to clinical records kept in nursing homes:

4658.0430HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE.
4658.0435CONFIDENTIALITY OF CLINICAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION.
4658.0440ABBREVIATIONS.
4658.0445CLINICAL RECORD.
4658.0450CLINICAL RECORD CONTENTS.
4658.0455TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONIC ORDERS.
4658.0460MASTER RESIDENT RECORD.
4658.0465TRANSFER, DISCHARGE, AND DEATH.
4658.0470RETENTION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL.
4658.0475COMPUTERIZATION.
4658.0490PENALTIES FOR CLINICAL RECORDS RULE VIOLATIONS.

Answer: These are the nursing home medication regulations:

MEDICATIONS
4658.1300MEDICATIONS AND PHARMACY SERVICES; DEFINITIONS.
4658.1305PHARMACIST SERVICE CONSULTATION.
4658.1310DRUG REGIMEN REVIEW.
4658.1315UNNECESSARY DRUG USAGE.
4658.1320MEDICATION ERRORS.
4658.1325ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS.
4658.1330WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FOR ADMINISTERING DRUGS.
4658.1335STOCK MEDICATIONS.
4658.1340MEDICINE CABINET AND PREPARATION AREA.
4658.1345LABELING OF DRUGS.
4658.1350DISPOSITION OF MEDICATIONS.
4658.1355MEDICATION REFERENCE BOOK.
4658.1360ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS BY UNLICENSED PERSONNEL.
4658.1365PENALTIES FOR MEDICATIONS AND PHARMACY SERVICES RULE VIOLATIONS.

Answer: The following are the nursing home rehabilitative services: 

4658.1200SPECIALIZED REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.
4658.1290PENALTIES FOR SPECIALIZED REHABILITATIVE SERVICES RULE VIOLATIONS.

Answer: The following regulations pertain to nursing services in Minnesota nursing homes:

4658.0500DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES.
4658.0505RESPONSIBILITIES; DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES.
4658.0510NURSING PERSONNEL.
4658.0515[Repealed, L 2000 c 312 s 7]
4658.0520ADEQUATE AND PROPER NURSING CARE.
4658.0525REHABILITATION NURSING CARE.
4658.0530ASSISTANCE WITH EATING.
4658.0580PENALTIES FOR NURSING SERVICES RULE VIOLATIONS.

Answer: These are the resident rights nursing home regulations:

4658.0200POLICIES CONCERNING RESIDENTS.
4658.0205PROCEDURE AT DEATH.
4658.0210ROOM ASSIGNMENTS.
4658.0215ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS.
4658.0220FREEDOM FROM CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND INVOLUNTARY SECLUSION.

Answer: the following regulations pertain to the use of resident restraints in nursing homes:

4658.0300USE OF RESTRAINTS.
4658.0350PENALTIES FOR RESTRAINTS RULE VIOLATIONS.

Answer: the following regulations pertain to required resident assessments and plans of care: 

4658.0400COMPREHENSIVE RESIDENT ASSESSMENT.
4658.0405COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF CARE.
4658.0420PENALTIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AND PLAN OF CARE RULE VIOLATIONS.

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