25 Miss. Code. R. 102-4.4 - Admittance Priority
A. Former U.S.
Armed Forces Service members with wartime military service receive first
preference for admission. Service members with peacetime military service
receive second preference for admission. Eligible spouses and un-remarried
surviving spouses receive third preference for admission. Applicants will be
admitted in preference order; however, if (here is no wartime service member
ready to accept a bed, peacetime service members may be admitted; if no wartime
nor peacetime service members are ready to accept a bed. eligible spouses and
eligible un-remarried surviving spouses may be admitted.
B. When a bed in a SVNH becomes available,
first (1st) priority will be current resident of another SVNJI or patient in VA
Medical Center (to include individuals in nursing homes under VA contract);
second (2nd) priority will be veteran currently on SVNH waiting list(s); and
third (3rd) priority will be new application for admission to a SVNH Home.
Individuals on waiting list(s) who decline admission when a bed is available
and offered will have their name moved to the bottom of the list. Individual(s)
who decline the offer of a bed on two (2) successive occasions will have their
name(s) place on an inactive waiting list until they subsequently inform the
Board of their desire to once again be placed on the active waiting list.
Position on active waiting list will be determined by date Board notified of
desire to return to active waiting list
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