- Title
- BIPA 941 Nursing Home Requirement Effective 1/1/03; Follow-up to SC-03-03 Memo of 10/12/2002
- Memo #
- 03-11
- Posting Date
- 01/09/2003
- Fiscal Year
- 2003
- Summary
- Effective January 1, 2003, nursing homes across America must publicly post the number of nursing staff they have on duty to care for patients on each daily shift. Licensed and unlicensed nursing staff includes: registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides. CMS will publish a regulation later in this fiscal year defining this required format and content.
