Failure to Meet State and Other Licensing Standards

Incapacitated or older individuals may be admitted into long-term care facilities or nursing homes to receive treatment while they are mentally or physically in decline.

Thus, nursing homes are subjected to state and federal regulations to make certain that vulnerable or elderly adults receive the level of care that is adequate.

Failure to meet state and other licensing standards can result in healthcare facilities losing proper licensing to operate a nursing home.

If you or a family member was hurt due to failure to meet state and other licensing standards, it is advisable to retain an attorney with experience in nursing home negligence.

Any individual who finds it necessary to receive help with particular aspects of daily life may be admitted into an assisted living facility.

An individual who needs a secure environment, on the other hand, and an around-the-clock care on an extended basis may need to be admitted into a nursing home.

When admitting yourself or a family member into a nursing home or another extended care facility, it is crucial to examine whether the facility has a license that is current, and whether the facility administrator has a license that is current.

It is crucial to also examine results of any federal and state inspections of the nursing facility.

A nursing home needs to comply with federal regulations for nursing homes, and published guidelines by regulatory Medicare and Medicaid services.

State regulations exist, as well, which must be adhered to often, which fluctuate by state, but in several cases track regulations that are federal.

In some states, for instance, licensing health care boards have the power to regulate and license nursing homes across the states, as well as other facilities for healthcare. This includes the power to push forward for care minimum standards, and arrange regulations or standards of compliance.

A license of a nursing home may be revoked or suspended if violations of federal or state laws appear frequently, which can result in the likelihood of harm to nursing home residents.

In the failure to meet state and other licensing standards, per se, negligence can apply when the defendant violates a regulation or law of safety; the violation can result in sustained injuries of the kind which the law was supposed to safeguard individual in a nursing home and/or long-term care setting.

In the case of a client, when doing an investigation, attorneys may examine whether the nursing home facility failed to meet any state or other licensing standards; this is not the case solely for the present lawsuit, but in previous situations as well.

Licensing violation history, for example, may be used to reveal a practice or pattern of abuse or negligence.


Elderly residents place their faith in nursing homes and assisted living facilities to offer the attention and care which is necessary. There is absolutely no excuse for a facility to be incompetent in licensing standards of operation.

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