135J.3 - BASIC REQUIREMENTS.
135J.3 BASIC REQUIREMENTS.
A licensed hospice program shall include:
1. A planned program of hospice care, the medical components of
which shall be under the direction of a licensed physician.
2. Centrally administered, coordinated hospice core services
provided in home, outpatient, or institutional settings.
3. A mechanism that assures the rights of the patient and family.
4. Palliative care provided to a hospice patient and family under
the direction of a licensed physician.
5. An interdisciplinary team which develops, implements, and
evaluates the hospice plan of care for the patient and family.
6. Bereavement services.
7. Accessible hospice care twenty-four hours a day, seven days a
week in all settings.
8. An ongoing system of quality assurance and utilization review.
Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1284, § 7
C85, § 135.95
90 Acts, ch 1204, § 66
C91, § 135J.3
Referred to in § 135J.2