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Hearing officer rescinds Greystone notice of discharge after staff cannot show resident received required discharge plan
Summary
At an Aug. 4 administrative hearing, the hearing officer found the facility had not delivered a required discharge plan to resident Tina Mason and rescinded the notice of discharge; the facility said it will restart the process.
The hearing officer in the matter of Tina Mason v. Greystone Retirement Home rescinded the facility’s notice of discharge on Aug. 4 after facility staff could not demonstrate that a required discharge plan had been provided to the resident and to the Department of Public Health.
“The facility is not in compliance with the statute, and I would not be able to, uphold the notice of discharge,” the hearing officer said after facility staff could not confirm that the resident had received the discharge plan as required. The officer told the parties the statute requires a copy of the discharge plan be given to the resident within seven days of the notice and that a copy be provided to the Department of Public Health on or before the date of the hearing.
Harpreet Kaur, who identified herself as a director of resident aids at the hearing, told the officer she would rescind the notice and start the process again. “We will definitely start the process again then,” Kaur said. The hearing officer explained that rescinding and reissuing a notice would require restarting statutory timing, including a 30‑day wait before any new notice is processed.
Because the officer recorded the rescission on the record, the hearing did not proceed further and the officer said an official notice documenting the rescission would be issued to the parties.
