§ 1-860.4. Requirements and conditions for hospices--Hospice teams--Records--Governing body--Ad...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-860.4
§ 1-860.4. Requirements and conditions for hospices--Hospice teams--Records--Governing body--Administrators
2. A hospice shall coordinate its services with professional and nonprofessional services already in the community. A hospice may contract for some elements of its services to a patient and family, provided direct patient care is maintained with the patient and the hospice team so that overall coordination of services can be maintained by the hospice team. The majority of hospice services available through a hospice shall be provided directly by the licensee. Any contract entered into between a hospice and health care provider shall specify that the hospice retain the responsibility for planning, coordinating and prescribing hospice services on behalf of a hospice patient and the hospice patient's family. No hospice may charge fees for services provided directly by the hospice team which duplicate contractual services provided to the patient or the patient's family;
c. (1) Any hospice or employee or agent thereof who knowingly or intentionally solicits patients or pays to or offers a benefit to any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other legal entity for securing or soliciting patients for the hospice or hospice services in this state, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
(4) This paragraph shall not apply to licensed insurers, including but not limited to group hospital service corporations or health maintenance organizations which reimburse, provide, offer to provide or administer hospice services under a health benefits plan for which it is the payor when it is providing those services under a health benefits plan;
B. A hospice team shall consist of, as a minimum, a physician, a registered nurse, and a social worker or counselor, each of whom shall be licensed as required by the laws of this state. The team may also include clergy and such volunteers as are necessary to provide hospice services. A registered nurse licensed pursuant to the laws of this state shall be employed by the hospice as a patient care coordinator to supervise and coordinate the palliative and supportive care for patients and families provided by a hospice team. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to require a hospice to employ a certified home health aide in the provision of hospice services so long as the hospice employs a certified nurse aide.
C. 1. An up-to-date record of the services given to the patient and family shall be kept by the hospice team. Records shall contain pertinent past and current medical, nursing, social, and such other information that is necessary for the safe and adequate care of the patient and the family. Notations regarding all aspects of care for the patient and family shall be made in the record. When services are terminated, the record shall show the date and reason for termination.
2. Information received by persons employed by or providing services to a hospice, or information received by the State Department of Health through reports or inspection shall be deemed privileged and confidential information and shall not be disclosed to any person other than the patient or the family without the written consent of that patient, the patient's guardian or the patient's family.
Credits
Laws 1991, c. 217, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 189, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2015, c. 34, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 77, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-860.4, OK ST T. 63 § 1-860.4
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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