(1) Providers must provide staffing at levels which are adequate to meet federal law, regulations, and requirements.

(a) Each provider must submit to the department within ten days following the end of each calendar month a complete and accurate form DPHHS-SLTC-015, "Monthly Nursing Home Staffing Report" prepared in accordance with all applicable department rules and instructions. Copies of form DPHHS-SLTC-015 may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Senior and Long Term Care Division, 111 N. Sanders, P.O. Box 4210, Helena, MT 59604-4210.

(b) If complete and accurate copies of form DPHHS-SLTC-015 are not received by the department within ten days following the end of each calendar month, the department may withhold all payments for nursing facility services until the provider complies with the reporting requirements in (1) (a) .