Nursing homes in New York are licensed and regulated by NYSDOH under 10 NYCRR Part 415, Nursing Homes - Minimum Standards, a completely separate rule set from the Adult Care Facility regulations that govern assisted living. Families can search and compare Nassau and Suffolk nursing homes through the NYS Health Profiles Nursing Home Profiles tool. Note that as of mid-2025, CMS's migration to a new federal inspection database (iQIES) temporarily affected how current some posted inspection data is, so it's worth confirming a record's date.
What this means in practice
Assisted living and nursing home care are often discussed interchangeably by families in a crisis, but they sit under entirely different regulatory frameworks in New York. Nursing homes answer to 10 NYCRR Part 415, which sets minimum standards for staffing, care planning, and resident rights in a skilled nursing setting, while assisted living communities answer to the Adult Care Facility rules and 10 NYCRR Part 1001. NYS Health Profiles maintains a dedicated Nursing Home Profiles search tool, filterable by Nassau or Suffolk County, that also links out to federal CMS Nursing Home Compare data and NYSDOH's own Selecting a Nursing Home in New York State guidance. One caveat worth knowing before relying on inspection data: NYSDOH has flagged that CMS's 2025 migration to its iQIES system temporarily delayed posting of newer inspection results, so check the date on any record you're reviewing.
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