Responsibilities of local ombudsman entity coordinators
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Latest notice
- AGE-42-17-00001-A · Adopted rule · Feb 21, 2018
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
Each local ombudsman entity shall be directed by a paid coordinator who has supervisory authority over the long-term care ombudsmen participating in the local ombudsman program operated by such entity, including responsibility for:
(a)recruiting, screening, training and supervising such ombudsmen;
(b)identifying those to be recommended to the State long-term care ombudsman for designation as long-term care ombudsmen;
(c)identifying to the State long-term care ombudsman those whose certification as long-term care ombudsmen is recommended to be removed;
(d)distributing to the long-term care ombudsmen identification cards, and collecting such cards from those leaving or being removed from the program;
(e)assigning long-term care ombudsmen to facilities in the program’s service area in accordance with standards set by the State long-term care ombudsman; and
(f)assuring that any files maintained by the ombudsman program are disclosed only at the discretion of the State long-term care ombudsman, and that the identity of any complainant or resident of a long-term care facility shall only be disclosed in accordance with the provisions of this Part or at the direction of the State ombudsman.