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may be delegated. (f) A resident who needs skilled nursing care may, with the consent of the assisted living home, arrange for that care to be provided in the home by a nurse licensed under AS 08.68 if that arrangement does not interfere with the services provided to other residents. (g) As part of a plan to avoid transfer of a resident from the home for medical reasons, the home may provide, through the services of a nurse who is licensed under AS 08.68, 24-hour skilled nursing care to the resident for not more than 45 consecutive days. (h) If a resident has received 24-hour skilled nursing care for the 45-day limit set by (g) of this section, the resident or the resident's representative may elect to have the resident remain in the home without continuation of 24-hour skilled nursing care if the home agrees to retain the resident after (1) the home and either the resident or the resident's representative have consulted with the resident's physician; (2) the home and either the resident or the resident's representative have discussed the consequences and risks involved in the election to remain in the home; and (3) the portion of the resident's assisted living plan that relates to health-related services has been revised to provide for the resident's health-related needs without the use of 24-hour skilled nursing care, and the revised plan has been reviewed by a registered or advanced practice registered nurse licensed under AS 08.68 or by the resident's attending physician. (i) A terminally ill resident may remain in the home if (1) the home and either the resident or the resident's representative agree that the resident may remain in the home; and (2) the resident is under the care of a physician who certifies that the needs of the resident are being met in the home. The time limitation of (g) of this section does not apply in the case of a terminally ill resident. Sec. 47.33.030. Advance payments. (a) An assisted living home may not require a resident or prospective resident of the home or a resident or prospective resident's representative, to make an advance payment to the home except as security for performance of the contract or as advance rent for the immediately following rental period as the rental period is defined in the contract. If a home requires a resident or prospective resident to make an advance payment for security or as advance rent, (1) the home shall promptly deposit the money in a designated trust account in a financial institution, separate from other money and property of the home; (2) the home may not represent on a financial statement that the advance payment money is part of the assets of the home; (3) the advance payment money may be used only for the account of the resident; (4) the home shall notify the resident or the resident's representative, in writing, of the name and address of the depository in which the advance payment money is being held; and (5) the home shall provide to the resident or the resident's representative the terms and conditions under which the advance payment money may be withheld by the home.