New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter V - Medical Facilities
Subchapter C - State Hospital Code
Article 7 - Certified Home Health Agencies and Licensed Home Care Services Agencies
Part 766 - Licensed Home Care Services Agencies-minimum Standards
Section 766.4 - Medical Orders
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The governing authority or operator shall ensure that an order from the patient's authorized practitioner is established and documented for the health care services the agency provides to those patients who:
(b) For purposes of this Part, authorized practitioner shall refer to a doctor of medicine, a doctor of osteopathy, a doctor of podiatry, a licensed midwife or a nurse practitioner authorized under Federal and State law and applicable rules and regulations to provide medical care and services to the patient except as may be limited by third party contract.
(c) Such orders shall be reviewed and revised as the needs of the patient dictate but no less frequently than every six months, except where an authorized practitioner, as part of an authorization, orders personal care services for up to one year for a Medicaid patient.
(d) Medical orders shall reference all diagnoses, medications, treatments, prognoses, need for palliative care, and other pertinent patient information relevant to the agency plan of care; and