Kansas

Residential assisted living licensing rules and official state resources

Licensure term: Adult Care Home - "Residential Assisted Living Facilities" (Adult Care Homes encompass nursing facilities, home plus, assisted living facilities, residential assisted living facilities, etc.)
Resident capacity: --
Staff ratios: No minimum ratios. A sufficient number and type of staff must be available 24 hours a day to meet residents' scheduled and unscheduled needs.
Cost of licensing: $100.00 plus $30.00 for each bed.
Bedroom square footage: At least 100 sq ft of living space in each individual bedroom
Memory care: If the facility admits residents with dementia, the administrator or operator shall ensure the provision of staff orientation and in-service education on the treatment and appropriate response to persons who exhibit behaviors associated with dementia.

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Regulatory Agency: Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services
Contact Phone Number: 785-296-4986
Contact Email: kdads.wwwmail@ks.gov
Licensure Term(s): Adult Care Home - "Residential Assisted Living Facilities" (Adult Care Homes encompass nursing facilities, home plus, assisted living facilities, residential assisted living facilities, etc.)
Census Requirements: --
Qualifications for Managers: (a) Administrator and operator responsibilities. The administrator or operator of each assisted living facility or residential health care facility (‘‘facility’’) shall ensure that the facility is operated in a manner so that each resident receives care and services in accordance with each resident’s functional capacity screening and negotiated service agreement. (b) Administrator and operator criteria. Each licensee shall appoint an administrator or operator who meets the following criteria: (1) Is at least 21 years of age; (2) possesses a high school diploma or the equivalent; (3) holds a Kansas license as an adult care home administrator or has successfully completed an operator training course and passed the test approved by the secretary of Kansas department of health and environment pursuant to K.S.A. 39-923 and amendments thereto; and (4) has authority and responsibility for the operation of the facility and compliance with licensing requirements.
Qualifications for Caregivers: (c) (1) The licensing agency shall require unlicensed employees of an adult care home, except an adult care home licensed for the provision of services to people with intellectual disability which has been granted an exception by the secretary for aging and disability services upon a finding by the licensing agency that an appropriate training program for unlicensed employees is in place for such adult care home, employed on and after the effective date of this act who provide direct, individual care to residents and who do not administer medications to residents and who have not completed a course of education and training relating to resident care and treatment approved by the secretary for aging and disability services or are not participating in such a course on the effective date of this act to complete successfully 40 hours of training in basic resident care skills. Any unlicensed person who has not completed 40 hours of training relating to resident care and treatment approved by the secretary for aging and disability services shall not provide direct, individual care to residents. The 40 hours of training shall be supervised by a registered professional nurse and the content and administration thereof shall comply with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary for aging and disability services. The 40 hours of training may be prepared and administered by an adult care home or by any other qualified person and may be conducted on the premises of the adult care home. The 40 hours of training required in this section shall be a part of any course of education and training required by the secretary for aging and disability services under subsection (c)(2). Training for paid nutrition assistants shall consist of at least eight hours of instruction, at a minimum, which meets the requirements of 42 C.F.R. § 483.160.
Staff Ratios: No minimum ratios. A sufficient number and type of staff must be available 24 hours a day to meet residents' scheduled and unscheduled needs.
Cost of Licensing: $100.00 plus $30.00 for each bed.
Square Footage Requirements: At least 100 sq ft of living space in each individual bedroom At least 80 sq ft per resident of living space in a shared bedroom
Bathrooms Required: Residential health care facilities shall be required to provide private bathing facilities in a minimum of 20% of the individual living units.
Memory Care Requirements: If the facility admits residents with dementia, the administrator or operator shall ensure the provision of staff orientation and in-service education on the treatment and appropriate response to persons who exhibit behaviors associated with dementia.