Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 120 - REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE LICENSING AND FUNCTIONING OF HOSPICE PROGRAMS
Chapter 2 - LICENSING APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Section 144-120-2.A - Requirements

2.A.1. No Hospice Provider may provide hospice care services without receiving a license from the Department, authorizing such services or operation.

2.A.2. No Hospice Provider shall accept any remuneration for delivering hospice services without having first secured. a license authorizing its operation in accordance with these regulations.

2.A.3 Beginning July 1, 1996, any hospice program, except a volunteer hospice program, must be Medicare certified and meet Medicare requirements to be eligible for licensure as a hospice program.