CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY — including supervisors and receptionists — no care or supervision of residents
Congregate living facilities for the elderly are facilities that, for a single monthly fee, provide a service package that typically includes a living unit, one to three meals a day, in-unit housekeeping and personal laundry service. This classification includes administrators with supervisory duties whose work is necessary, incidental or appurtenant to any of the operations of the business other than clerical office, and employees who provide tours of the facility, including but not limited to tours for marketing, admission or inspection purposes.
This classification shall not be assigned to operations that are licensed by the Department of Social Services.
Age restricted apartment or condominium complexes that do not provide the above services shall be classified as 9007, Apartment or Condominium Complex Operation for Seniors.
Employees at the same location who provide assisted care services to residents who do not require skilled nursing care but require assistance with daily living, including but not limited to assisting residents with dressing, eating, personal hygiene and taking medications shall be separately classified as 9070(1), Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, or 9070(3), Residential Care Facilities for Adults.
Employees at the same location who provide care to residents who require skilled nursing care shall be separately classified as 8829(1), Skilled Nursing Facilities, or 8829(2), Convalescent Nursing Facilities.
When the congregate living facility also has employees at the same location who are classified as 8829(1), Skilled Nursing Facilities, 8829(2), Convalescent Nursing Facilities, 9070(1), Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and/or 9070(3), Residential Care Facilities for Adults, employees common to all operations, including but not limited to food services, laundry, maintenance, security and miscellaneous employees shall be assigned to the classification describing the level of care designated for the largest number of beds per the facility license.
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CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY — no care or supervision This classification shall apply to those firms providing retirement facilities that, for a single monthly fee, provide a service package that typically includes a living unit, one to three meals a day, in-unit housekeeping, and personal laundry service. This classification shall not be assigned to operations that are licensed by the Department of Social Services. Age restricted apartment or condominium complexes that do not provide the above services shall be classified as 9007, Apartment or Condominium Complex Operation for Seniors. A separate unit operated at the same location for the provision of assisted care services, including, but not limited to, assisting residents with dressing, eating, personal hygiene and taking medications shall be classified as 9070(1), Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly. Skilled nursing care provided at the same location as an identifiable unit shall be classified as 8829(1), Nursing Homes. When the congregate living facility operates one or more separate units at the same location that is classified as 8829(1), Nursing Homes, and/or 9070(1), Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, employees common to all operations including, but not limited to, food services, laundry, maintenance, security and supervisory employees, shall be assigned to the governing classification. (See Section II, Classification Terminology, for the definition of "Governing Classification".) | 1/1/2016 |
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