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Connecticut: medical director and delegated services for a long-term care, assisted living or group home
Whether Connecticut requires a physician medical director for a long-term care, assisted living or group home, the qualifications, duties, and what the state says about the staff who deliver protocol-driven services.
Qualifications
A physician licensed to practice medicine in Connecticut, serving on the facility's active organized medical staff, with at least one year of prior clinical experience in adult medicine, and a member of the active medical staff of a Connecticut-licensed general hospital.
Duties the rule assigns
- Enforce medical staff bylaws
- Ensure quality of medical care furnished to patients
- Approve patient admissions
- Suspend medical staff privileges when necessary
Notes
Confirmed for chronic and convalescent nursing homes (Regs. Conn. State Agencies § 19-13-D8t) — must visit at least every 7 days (7 a.m.-9 p.m.). Rest homes with nursing supervision under the same section carry a lighter, monthly visit standard. Connecticut's separate 'managed residential community' (assisted living) framework was not confirmed to carry the same physician requirement.
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