Application for admission - Form, content, approval

1. Application will be submitted to the North Dakota veterans' home basic or skilled care unit. a. If a member of the board of admissions determines that insufficient information is available to properly process the application, an authorization to disclose information form shall be sent to the applicant to be signed and returned so that additional specific information may be obtained. b. A verification of residency must be signed prior to admission. 2. The completed application for residency, together with the copy of DD form 214 (discharge paper) or certificate of service from the last period of service in the armed forces, will be forwarded to the admissions coordinator who shall submit the application and discharge papers to the board of admissions for action. Upon approval, the applicant may be admitted for residency. 3. An applicant whose application for admission has been approved shall contact the admissions coordinator within thirty days of receipt of the applicant's acceptance letter to schedule admission to the North Dakota veterans' home. An admission date will be scheduled Monday through Friday, holidays excluded. Special arrangements must be made if the applicant wishes to report on any other day. Applicants whose applications for admission have been approved, and who fail to contact the admissions coordinator within thirty days of the date of their acceptance letter shall be denied admission until another medical assessment has been submitted and approved or an extension has been granted by the North Dakota veterans' home administrator or the administrator's designee. 4. 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. 5. 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.