Section 440 IAC 7.5-4-8 - Requirements specific to a supervised group living facilityAuthority: IC 12-21-2-3
Affected: IC 12-21-2-3
Sec. 8.
(a) A supervised group living facility is a residential facility in which an agency provides twenty-four (24) hour supervision for residents with a psychiatric disorder or an addiction, or both.(b) A supervised group living facility serves up to ten (10) consumers in a single family dwelling and up to fifteen (15) consumers in an apartment or a congregate residence.(c) No supervised group living facility shall be licensed by the division if it is within one thousand (1,000) feet of another SGL licensed under this article unless the facility was approved by the division prior to October 1, 1984.(d) The division may waive the one thousand (1,000) foot limitation for particular homes. Such waivers shall conform to the intent of the rule, which is to avoid the creation of nontherapeutic concentrations of residential facilities in any given area, and, once given, will remain as long as the facility is licensed as a supervised group living facility.(e) A supervised group living facility may be an apartment, a house, or a congregate residence. (f) No supervised group living facility shall be located in or connected to buildings that have any other use or occupancy.Division of Mental Health and Addiction; 440 IAC 7.5-4-8; filed Jun 10, 2002, 2:25 p.m.: 25 IR 3140; filed Mar 30, 2005, 3:00 p.m.: 28 IR 2364; readopted filed Nov 5, 2008, 3:50 p.m.: 20081119-IR-440080742RFA; readopted filed Jul 21, 2011, 9:39 a.m.: 20110817-IR-440110249RFAReadopted filed 6/19/2017, 10:11 a.m.: 20170719-IR-440170221RFAReadopted filed 5/10/2023, 2:25 p.m.: 20230607-IR-440230142RFA