McKnight’s Senior Living November 21, 2023
Kimberly Bonvissuto

Assisted living communities will face stricter regulations and heftier fines for serious abuse or neglect of residents after Colorado health officials last week adopted rules that had been signed into law in 2022.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment last week voted unanimously to adopt rules that had been passed under SB 22-154 in May 2022 by the state legislature and then signed by Gov. Jared Polis (D). The new regulations will go into effect in January.

The bill modifies statutory requirements regarding administrator qualifications, including increasing training requirements from 30 hours to 40 hours; implementing grievance/appeal procedures related to involuntary discharge of a resident; and increasing fines for violations.

Janet Cornell, president of the Colorado...

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