North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter D - RULES FOR THE LICENSING OF NURSING HOMES
Section .2200 - GENERAL STANDARDS OF ADMINISTRATION
Section 13D .2204 - RESPITE CARE
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 13D .2204
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Respite care is not required as a condition of licensure. Facilities providing respite care, however, shall meet the requirements of this Subchapter with the following exceptions: Rules.2205, .2301, and.2501(b) and (c) of this Subchapter.
(b) Facilities providing respite care shall meet the following additional requirements:
(1) A patient's descriptive record of stay
shall include the preadmission or admission assessment, interdisciplinary notes
as warranted by episodic events, medication administration records and a
summary of the stay upon discharge.
(2) The facility shall complete a
preadmission or admission assessment which allows for the development of a
short-term plan of care and is based on the patient's customary routine. The
assessment shall address needs, including but not limited to identifying
information, customary routines, hearing, vision, cognitive ability, functional
limitations, continence, special procedures and treatments, skin conditions,
behavior and mood, oral and nutritional status and medication regimen. The plan
shall be developed to meet the respite care patient's needs.
(3) The attending physician of the respite
care patient will be notified of any acute changes or acute episode which
warrant medical involvement. Medical orders and progress notes shall be written
following the physician's visits.
Authority
G.S.
131E-104;
Eff. January 1,
1996;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. March 22,
2015.
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