{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-106.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 44-106.01","heading":"Admissions.","body":"(a)\nAn ALR shall accept as residents only individuals for whom the ALR can provide appropriate services unless the ALR arranges for third party services or the resident does so with the agreement of the ALR.\n\n(b)\nPrior to admission of a resident, the ALA or designee shall determine that the resident is appropriate for admission to the ALR and that the resident’s needs can be met in addition to the needs of the other residents.\n\n(c)\nAn ALR may only admit individuals who are at least 18 years of age.\n\n(d)\nNo individual may be admitted who at the time of initial admission, and as established by the initial assessment:\n(1)\nIs dangerous to him or herself or others or exhibits behavior that  significantly and negatively impacts the lives of others, where the ALR would  be unable to eliminate such danger or behavior through the use of appropriate  treatment modalities; or\n(2)\nIs at high risk for health or safety complications which cannot be  adequately managed by the ALR and requires more than 35 hours per week of  skilled nursing and home health aide services combined, provided on less than  a daily basis, according to section 2113.1 of HCFA Pub. 75 and 42 CFR, sections 409.32, 409.33, and 409.44.\n\n(e)\nAn ALR shall not admit individuals who require the following:\n(1)\nMore than intermittent skilled nursing care;\n(2)\nTreatment of stage 3 or 4 skin ulcers;\n(3)\nVentilator services; or\n(4)\nTreatment for an active, infectious, and reportable disease or a disease  or condition that requires more than contact isolation.\n\n(f)\nThe ALR shall maintain records of all denials of admission.\n\n(g)\nNothing in this section shall automatically exclude persons with primary or secondary mental health issues from admission.","path":["Title 44. Charitable and Curative Institutions.","Chapter 1. Assisted Living Residence Regulation.","Subchapter VI. Admissions; Residential Agreements; Quality of Care; Discharge; Transfer."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/44-106.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"db956f42e30705f89ca4a29e7f1e2321200946879a73e2a090307758a5e5dee2","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-105.09","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-106.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}