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16 <br />NURSINGHOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />POLICIES AND PROCEDURES <br />SECTION I:SCOPE <br />A.Purpose <br />1. <br />To establish a policy and procedures whereby the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners will establish the specific policies and procedures governing the <br />NursingHome Advisory Committee(“Committee”). <br />B.Authority <br />1. <br />North Carolina General Statute § 131E-128(b)(1)provides for the establishment <br />ofthe Nursing Home Advisory Committee. <br />2. <br />The Orange County Advisory Board Policy serves as the underlying policy <br />document to which the Nursing Home Advisory Committee, in addition to this <br />policy and procedure document, is subject. The Orange County Advisory Board <br />Policy is attached hereto as “Exhibit A”. <br />3. <br />In the event that there is a conflict between the Orange County Advisory Board <br />Policy and this Policies and Procedures document this Policies and Procedures <br />document shall control. <br />C.Charge <br />1. <br /> The charge of Committee shall be to carry out the purpose of the Nursing Home <br />Advisory Committee,provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. §§131E-128, serving all the <br />homes in the County and working with each home in the best interest of the <br />persons residing in each home. <br />SECTION II:GOALS AND DUTIES <br />A.Goals <br />1. <br />The Committeeshallmaintain the intent of the NursingHome Resident’s Bill of <br />Rights within the nursinghomes, including nursing homes operated by hospitals <br />licensed under Chapter 131 E, Article 5 of the North Carolina General Statutes, <br />in Orange County. <br />2. <br />The Committee shall promote community involvement and cooperation with <br />nursinghomes and an integration of these homes into a system of care for the <br />elderly in Orange County. <br />B.Duties <br />1. <br />The Committee shall apprise itself of the general conditions under which the <br />persons are residing in nursinghomeswithin Orange County, and shall work for <br />the best interests of the persons in those homes. This may include assisting <br />persons who have grievances with the nursing home and facilitating the <br />resolution of grievances at the local level. <br />2. <br />The Committee shall visit quarterly the nursing home it serves. For each official <br />quarterly visit, a majority of the committee members shall be present. In addition, <br />each committee may visit the nursing home it serves whenever it deems it <br />necessary to carry out its duties. If there are four or more nursing homesin the <br />County,a subcommittee may beassigned to a nursing home to perform the <br />duties of the Committee; a majority of the subcommittee members must be <br />present for any visit. <br /> <br />