Residential programs will be classified on the basis of the level of care and service needs of their residents.
Level I will include all residential programs serving five or more persons with physical disabilities in the various mobility categories who can live independently in the community with modification of certain architectural barriers and who:
are 16 years of age or older.
These shall be interpreted as the minimum criteria to be applied to any resident with a physical disability in a Level I program.
Level II will include all residential programs serving five or more persons with physical disabilities in the various mobility categories who have some limitations on their ability to live independently in the community even with the modification of certain architectural barriers and who:
are either children or adults.
These shall be interpreted as the minimum criteria to be applied to any resident with a physical disability in a Level II program.
Level III will include all residential programs serving five or more persons with physical disabilities in the various mobility categories whose ability to live independently in the community is severely circumscribed even with the modification of certain architectural barriers and who:
are in need of some form of continuing in-residence medical service, irrespective of other services needed;
are either children or adults.
These shall be interpreted as the minimum criteria to be applied to any resident with a physical disability in a Level III program.
MS s 245A.09
13 SR 1448; L 2005 c 56 s 2
October 11, 2007
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes