Section 198.630

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 198

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   

  198.630.  Sanctions, when — administrative penalty, when. — 1.  The department may impose appropriate sanctions under this chapter on an administrator of a facility who knowingly:

  (1)  Refuses to permit a resident or the resident's guardian or legal representative to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;

  (2)  Refuses to admit an individual to residency or allows the removal of a resident from the institution solely because of a request to conduct authorized electronic monitoring by a resident or a resident's guardian or legal representative;

  (3)  Allows the removal of a resident from the facility solely because unauthorized electronic monitoring is being conducted by or on behalf of the resident; or

  (4)  Violates another provision of sections 198.610 to 198.632.

  2.  The department may assess an administrative penalty against a facility that:

  (1)  Refuses to permit a resident or the resident's guardian or legal representative to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;

  (2)  Refuses to admit an individual to residency or allows the removal of a resident from the institution because of a request to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;

  (3)  Allows the removal of a resident from the facility solely because unauthorized electronic monitoring is being conducted by, or on behalf of, the resident; or

  (4)  Violates another provision of sections 198.610 to 198.632.

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(L. 2020 H.B. 1387 & 1482)