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Rule 44:79:01:05 Restrictions on acceptance of patients.

          44:79:01:05.  Restrictions on acceptance of patients. A hospice shall accept patients in accordance with the following restrictions:

 

          (1)  The hospice facility shall be certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a Medicare certified hospice providing inpatient hospice services;

 

          (2)  A patient accepted for care by a hospice shall be housed within the facility covered by the license;

 

          (3)  A hospice may not accept or retain a patient who requires care in excess of the classification for which it is licensed;

 

          (4)  Personnel essential to maintaining adequate staff may not leave a hospice during the person's tour of duty in the hospice to provide services to a person who is not patient of the hospice with the exception of providing emergency care on premises contiguous to the hospice's property; and

 

          (5)  A hospice facility may only admit and retain a patient certified by a physician as terminally ill.

 

          Source: 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015.

          General Authority: SDCL 34-12-7, 34-12-13(5).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-7, 34-12-13(5).

 

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