26-21-13.5. Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded -- Licensing.
(1) (a) It is the Legislature's intent that developmentally disabled persons be provided
with an environment and surrounding that, as closely as possible, resembles small
community-based, homelike settings, to allow those persons to have the opportunity, to the
maximum extent feasible, to exercise their full rights and responsibilities as citizens.
(b) It is the Legislature's purpose, in enacting this section, to provide assistance and
opportunities to enable persons with developmental disabilities to achieve their maximum
potential through increased independence, productivity, and integration into the community.
(2) After July 1, 1990, the department may only license intermediate care beds for the
mentally retarded in small health care facilities.
(3) The department may define by rule "small health care facility" for purposes of
licensure under this section and adopt rules necessary to carry out the requirements and purposes
of this section.
(4) This section does not apply to the renewal of a license or the licensure to a new owner
of any facility that was licensed on or before July 1, 1990, and that licensure has been maintained
without interruption.
Amended by Chapter 201, 1993 General Session
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