Section 131.28. Governing body.

 

(1)  Each hospice shall have a governing body that assumes full legal responsibility for determining, implementing and monitoring the overall conduct and operation of the program, including the quality of the care and services.

(2)  The governing body shall do all of the following:

(a) Be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of policies and for the management, operation and evaluation of the hospice.

(b) Adopt a statement that designates the services the hospice will provide and the setting or settings in which the hospice will provide care.

(c) Ensure that all services are provided consistent with accepted standards of professional practice.

(d) Appoint an administrator and delegate to the administrator the authority to operate the hospice in accordance with policies established by the governing body.

(e) Ensure that nursing and physician services and drugs and biologicals are routinely available on a 24 hour basis 7 days a week.

(f) Ensure that other covered services are available on a 24 hour basis when reasonable and necessary to meet the needs of the patient and family.

History: CR 10-034 : cr. Register September 2010 No. 657 , eff. 10-1-10.