135J.2 - LICENSES -- FEES -- CRITERIA.
135J.2 LICENSES -- FEES -- CRITERIA.
A person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with
any other person may establish, conduct, or maintain a hospice
program in this state and receive a license from the department after
meeting the requirements of this chapter. The application shall be
on a form prescribed by the department and shall require information
the department deems necessary. Nothing in this chapter shall
prohibit a person or governmental unit from establishing, conducting,
or maintaining a hospice program without a license. Each application
for license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable biennial license
fee determined by the department.
The hospice program shall meet the criteria pursuant to section
135J.3 before a license is issued. The department of inspections and
appeals is responsible to provide the necessary personnel to inspect
the hospice program, the home care and inpatient care provided and
the hospital or facility used by the hospice to determine if the
hospice complies with necessary standards before a license is issued.
Hospices that are certified as Medicare hospice providers by the
department of inspections and appeals or are accredited as hospices
by the joint commission on the accreditation of health care
organizations, shall be licensed without inspection by the department
of inspections and appeals. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1284, § 3
C85, § 135.91
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1111; 90 Acts, ch 1204, § 66
C91, § 135J.2
98 Acts, ch 1100, §17; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §33