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APPENDIX C: Guidelines for Compliance of Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities With Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
APPENDIX C: Guidelines for Compliance of Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities With Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pages 168-170
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Where there is a significant variation between the racial or ethnic composition of the resident census and available population census data for the service area or potential service area, the nursing home has a responsibility to determine the reason for such 1The term "nursing home" as used in this document applies to "extended care facilities, skilled nursing homes and intermediate and domiciliary care homes and similar facilities." 2The word "discrimination" as used throughout this document shall be understood to mean "discrimination on account of race, color, or national origin" as used in Section 601, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, approved July 2, 1964.
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Residents' privileges and care services such as medical and dental care, nursing, laboratory services, pharmacy, physical, occupational and recreational therapies, social services, volunteer services, dietary service, and housekeeping services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis.
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The nursing home has adopted and where appropriate provided its residents, employees, attending physicians, and others providing services to residents with copies of written statements which set forth the nursing home's nondiscrimination policies and practices. These policies are included in any publication of staff regulations or public information brochures, kept current, and periodically reviewed with employees.
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