(a) The requirements of this chapter apply to the licensure and operation of those assisted living homes that are the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Services and those that are the responsibility of the Department of Administration, as follows:
(1) an assisted living home licensed on or after April 6, 2002, is subject to all applicable requirements of this chapter;
(2) an assisted living home licensed before April 6, 2002, is subject to all applicable requirements of this chapter, except that the home
(A) shall comply, no later than April 6, 2003, with the applicable requirements of 7 AAC 75.210(a)(8), dealing with professional liability insurance and bodily injury liability insurance; however, each assisted living home shall maintain not less than $100,000 per resident of bodily injury liability insurance before that date;
(B) shall comply, no later than April 6, 2003, with the applicable requirements of
(i) 7 AAC 75.270(g)(7), dealing with windows in bedrooms; and
(ii) 7 AAC 75.280(a)(2), dealing with water and sewage requirements for assisted living homes that serve less than six residents; and
(C) is exempt from
(i) those training and experience requirements of 7 AAC 75.230(c) that an administrator of a home on April 6, 2002, does not already meet; that administrator shall comply with the continuing education requirements of 7 AAC 75.220(e); however, an administrator hired after April 6, 2002, is subject to all requirements of 7 AAC 75.230 in addition to all other requirements for administrators in this chapter; and
(ii) the requirements of 7 AAC 75.260(a)(7), dealing with bedroom
standards.
(b) A home licensed under AS 47.35 is exempt from licensing under AS 47.33 and this
chapter. (Eff. 7/1/95, Register 134; am 4/6/2002, Register 162)