Admission to the basic care facility must be according to the following list of priorities, so long as the individual meets the admissions requirements:

a. Residents of the North Dakota veterans' home skilled care unit in need of basic care.

b. Veterans with service-connected disability or complications from a service-connected

disability.

c. American ex-prisoners of war.

d. Discharged North Dakota national guard members who became disabled in the line of

duty.

E. Veterans.

f. Spouses and surviving spouses of veterans.

Admissions to the skilled nursing facility must be according to the following list of priorities, so long as the individual meets admission requirements:

a. Skilled nursing residents who have been medically discharged.

b. Residents of North Dakota veterans' home basic care unit in need of skilled nursing care.

c. Former residents of North Dakota veterans' home basic care unit who have been

medically discharged and placed into an outside skilled nursing home.

d. Veterans with a service-connected disability or complications from a service-connected

disability.

E. American ex-prisoners of war.

f. Discharged North Dakota national guard members who became disabled in the line of

duty.

g. Spouses and surviving spouses of veterans.

North Dakota Administrative Rules 86-03-01-01 History: Effective May 1, 1987; amended effective April 1, 2008.