Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
When used.
Voluntary discharge procedures must be used when a discharge
from the facility operated by the commissioner of veterans affairs is voluntary
as in part
9050.0200, subpart
2, item A, or following
review of an appeal from an involuntary discharge order when a court has issued
an enforcement order or the resident has agreed to comply with the order for
discharge.
Subp. 2.
Responsibilities of facility staff.
The staff of the facility operated by the commissioner of
veterans affairs shall effect a discharge under this part according to items A
to E.
A. The discharge component of
the resident's individual care plan must be updated and implemented after the
resident has had an opportunity to confer with a social worker about the plan
as described in subitems (1) and (2).
(1) A
discharge conference must be arranged by the social worker with the resident,
the resident's family with the resident's consent, the social worker, and
multidisciplinary staff. The social worker shall make a referral of the
resident to social or health care services identified in the resident's
individual care plan as necessary for the resident's discharge.
(2) The facility staff shall make referrals
to resources designed to meet the resident's financial and other needs
following the resident's discharge.
B. The attending physician and facility
multidisciplinary staff shall complete the resident's medical record. The
resident's medical record must be retained as specified in parts
4655.3200 to
4655.4000.
C. The resident's medications must be
disposed of by a pharmacist according to parts
4658.1350 and
4655.7810 to
4655.7860.
D. The facility staff shall release certified
copies of the resident's record or the portions specifically requested to a
requesting party subject to the requirements of the Minnesota Data Practices
Act, Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13. The requesting party shall pay the actual
cost of photocopying records. To release a record or information regarding a
resident, the resident must sign a form that includes the:
(1) resident's name;
(2) date;
(3) specific nature of information to be
released;
(4) names of persons
authorized to give information;
(5)
names of persons to whom information is given;
(6) description of information to be
released; and
(7) date the
authorization expires.
A separate form is required for each release. The period of
validity of an authorization may not exceed one year.
E. At the time of discharge, a
description of the place and circumstances of discharge must be documented in
the resident's record.
