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.

Ideas can become regulations and rules by first being proposed to a governing body, who then reviews the ideas and decides whether or not they should be implemented. If approved, then the guidelines are created in the form of regulations and rules. These regulations and rules serve as guidance for nursing home facilities on how to provide safe care to patients and staff members.

Once these regulations have been adopted by a governing body, they will typically need to pass through several levels of review before becoming policy or law. This process begins at the local level with local government officials reviewing them for compliance with existing laws. If all is found to be satisfactory then it is sent up to state government officials for further evaluation before eventually reaching federal government officials where final approval must be obtained in order for them to become policy or law.

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.