Alternative informal dispute resolution - Definitions.

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For purposes of Sections 3 through 8 of this act:

1. “Impartial decision-making panel” means a group of individuals who are qualified volunteers and employees or contractors with the State Department of Health and shall consist of five (5) members as follows:

  • a.two members shall be impartial representative volunteers who have experience in the operation of a long-term care setting, such as an administrator, operator or director of nursing,
  • b.one member shall be an employee of the Department who has experience in the survey process,
  • c.one member shall be a person representing the aging or disabled community, and
  • d.one member shall be an impartial person who is not employed by the Protective Health Services, Long-Term Care Division of the State Department of Health; and

2. “Alternative informal dispute resolution” means a nonjudicial process or forum before an impartial decision-making panel that provides a facility cited for deficiency with the opportunity to dispute a citation for deficiency within the pilot program established in Sections 3 through 8 of this act.

Added by Laws 2007, c. 347, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.


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