Section 198.085

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 198

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   

  198.085.  Categories of standards for each type of licensed facility. — In establishing standards for each type of facility, the department shall classify the standards into three categories for each type of licensed facility as follows:

  (1)  Class I standards are standards the violation of which would present either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result;

  (2)  Class II standards are standards which have a direct or immediate relationship to the health, safety or welfare of any resident, but which do not create imminent danger;

  (3)  Class III standards are standards which have an indirect or a potential impact on the health, safety or welfare of any resident.

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(L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al. § 28, A.L. 1984 S.B. 451, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)