2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH
ARTICLE 5I. HOSPICE LICENSURE ACT.
§16-5I-5 Secretary of Health and Human Resources to establish rules.
§16-5I-5. Secretary of Health and Human Resources to establish
rules.The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources may promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for the licensure of hospice programs to ensure adequate care, treatment, health, safety, welfare and comfort of hospice patients. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) The qualifications and supervision of licensed and nonlicensed personnel;
(b) The provision and coordination of inpatient care and in-home treatment services, including the development of a written plan of care;
(c) The management, operation, staffing and equipping of the hospice program;
(d) The clinical and business records kept by the hospice;
(e) The procedures for the review of utilization and quality of patient care; and
(f) Such other requirements as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
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