Nursing home patients may not be involuntarily discharged or transferred due to the Medicaid status. If no Medicaid patients are waiting for admission to the nursing home, or if for some other reason a nursing home anticipates the possibility that the home cannot satisfy the Medicaid nursing home permit requirements, the home may request a waiver of the Medicaid permit requirements from the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-7-88
Involuntary discharge or transfer of Medicaid nursing home patients prohibited; request for waiver of permit requirements
1987 Act No. 184 SECTION 1; 2014 Act No. 152 (H.3978), SECTION 1, eff April 7, 2014.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.