(1) Each veterans center shall be operated and maintained under standards established by the department of public health and environment.
(2) Each veterans center must have:
A nursing home administrator; and
Such additional employees, including medical and nursing personnel, as may be required to provide services for which the veterans center was licensed.
All veterans centers must be managed as a group by the state department, unless thestate department contracts for the management of a veterans center in accordance with section 26-12-119.
On and after January 1, 2019, prior to employment, a veterans center shall submit thename of a person who will be providing direct care, as defined in section 26-3.1-101 (3.5), to an at-risk adult, as defined in section 26-3.1-101 (1.5), as well as any other required identifying information, to the state department for a check of the Colorado adult protective services data system pursuant to section 26-3.1-111, to determine if the person is substantiated in a case of mistreatment of an at-risk adult.
Source: L. 98: Entire article R&RE, p. 185, § 1, effective April 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-096), ch. 59, p. 265, § 11, effective August 6. L. 2017: (4) added, (HB 17-1284), ch. 272, p. 1505, § 13, effective May 31.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 26-12-105 as it existed prior to 1998.