Section 915IAC2-2-4. Admission to the home

   (a) The superintendent may approve an applicant's admission to the home, provided that the following:

(1) The applicant:

(A) submits a completed application;

(B) satisfies all requirements of sections 1 and 2 of this rule;

(C) agrees to a voluntary admission; and

(D) completes and signs a resident services agreement.

(2) The applicant satisfies the:

(A) eligibility requirements described in IC 10-17-9-7; and

(B) requirements for the level of care for which the applicant applies.

(3) The admissions committee recommends admission.

  (b) The superintendent may deny an admission if the applicant fails to meet the requirements of subsection (a).

  (c) If an appropriate bed is not available at the time of admission, the superintendent shall place the applicant's name on a waiting list in order by date of application approval.

  (d) Applicants are admitted from the waiting list in the order in which their applications are approved, subject to bed availability in the program or service area for which admission has been approved.

  (e) The superintendent shall notify an applicant of the date and time that an applicant may be admitted to the home. An applicant on a waiting list longer than thirty (30) days shall submit an updated medical information form completed by his or her physician before receiving such notification.

  (f) An applicant may be denied admission when, in the interim between application approval and scheduled admission date, the applicant's:

(1) health care needs have changed to the extent that the program or service for which the applicant was originally approved can no longer meet the applicant's health care needs; or

(2) service needs have changed to such an extent that the home can no longer meet the applicant's health care or service needs.

  (g) An applicant who declines a scheduled admission may be placed at the bottom of the appropriate service waiting list. The next person on the waiting list will be invited for admission.

  (h) If the applicant has any change in financial status in the interim between application approval and scheduled admission, or additional financial information becomes available, the applicant shall submit an updated financial information form within fourteen (14) days after learning of the information or change in status. (Indiana Veterans' Affairs Commission; 915 IAC 2-2-4; filed May 11, 2007, 3:00 p.m.: 20070606-IR-410050314FRA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2014, 1:35 p.m.: 20141224-IR-915140384RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Indiana State Department of Health (410 IAC 30-2-4) to the Veterans' Affairs Commission (915 IAC 2-2-4) by P.L.21-2008, SECTION 19, effective July 1, 2008.