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Table of Contents » Title 22. Social Services » Agency 40. Department of Social Services » Chapter 73. Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities » Part VI. Resident Care and Related Services » 22VAC40-73-590. Number of meals and availability of snacks.

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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22. Social Services
Agency 40. Department of Social Services
Chapter 73. Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities

11/21/2024

22VAC40-73-590. Number of meals and availability of snacks.

A. At least three well-balanced meals, served at regular intervals, shall be provided daily to each resident, unless contraindicated as documented by the attending physician in the resident's record or as provided for in 22VAC40-73-580 G.

B. Snacks shall be made available at all times for all residents or in accordance with their physician's or other prescriber's orders.

1. Appropriate adjustments in the provision of snacks to a resident shall be made when orders from the resident's physician or other prescriber in the resident's record limits the receipt or type of snacks.

2. Vending machines shall not be used as the only source for snacks.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217, 63.2-1732, 63.2-1802, 63.2-1805, and 63.2-1808 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 6, eff. February 1, 2018.

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