Have you ever wondered just what the federal nursing home regulations say about a situation you're facing? While the federal statute is fairly broad, leaving the implementation up to the wisdom of the individual states, they do define the basics for nursing home care in the U.S.

While state nursing home regulations are always permitted to be more stringent, they can never require less of a nursing home than the federal regulations require. Many nursing home resident rights are defined by federal law, and no state may ever be "more flexible" on behalf of the nursing home.

The federal nursing home regulations can be hard to find unless you know exactly how to look them up. So, to make it easier for you we've compiled the relevent regulations into a pdf document that you can download or read online. This is a lengthy document, so unless you want to print 58 pages we suggest that you right click and save it to your desktop. Then you can scan through it and print just the pages you might need when you need them.

TITLE 42  CHAPTER 7  SUBCHAPTER XIX § 1396r.
Requirements for Nursing Facilities