Explain the process of how ideas become regulations and rules and how rules and regulations become policy and laws on the local, state, and national levels for the nursing home industry.

By first submitting ideas to a governing board, they can then review them and determine if the idea should be adopted. The guidelines can then be created as regulations or rules if they are approved. These rules and regulations are designed to guide nursing home staff on the best ways to care for patients and their families.

After these regulations are adopted by a governing board, they typically have to go through multiple levels of scrutiny before being made policy or law. Local government officials review them to ensure compliance with laws. If the process is considered satisfactory, then it goes to the state governments for more evaluation. Finally, federal officials will approve them for policy-making or legalization.

Therefore, while it may take some time—depending on the complexity of what is being proposed—ideas can ultimately become policy or law if passed through all necessary levels of review with satisfactory results.