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007.05.16-11. PHYSICIAN SERVICES

AR ADC 007.05.16-11Arkansas Administrative Code

West's Arkansas Administrative Code
Title 007. Department of Health
Division 05. Health Facility Services
Rule 16. Rules for Hospice in Arkansas
Ark. Admin. Code 007.05.16-11
007.05.16-11. PHYSICIAN SERVICES
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A. Medical Director
The overall responsibility for the medical component of patient care shall be under the direction of a physician, qualified by training and experience in hospice care, who shall also be responsible for no less than the following:
1. Ensuring and maintaining quality standards of medical practice;
2. Achievement and maintenance of quality assurance of medical practices through a mechanism for the assessment of patient/family care outcomes;
3. Certification of terminally ill patients admitted to the hospice program;
4. Participation as a member of the interdisciplinary team in the development, implementation and assessment of the patient/family plan of care; and
5. Consulting with the attending physician regarding patient care plans.
B. Physician Services
1. Physician Services shall be provided in accordance with hospice policies.
2. Such policies shall include provisions governing the relationship of the staff physicians, attending physician and the Medical Director to each other, and to the interdisciplinary team.
3. In addition to palliation and management of the terminal illness and related conditions, physician employees of the hospice, including the physician member(s) of the interdisciplinary group, must also meet the general medical needs of the patients to the extent that these needs are not met by the attending physician.

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Amended May 1, 2010.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 007.05.16-11, AR ADC 007.05.16-11
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