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 .2900 - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 13D .2901 - REPORT OF DEATH
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
The facility shall have a written plan to be followed in case of patient death. The plan shall provide for the following:
(1) collection of data needed for the death certificate as required by G.S. 130A-117;
(2) recording time of death;
(3) pronouncement of death in accordance with facility policy;
(4) notification of the attending physician responsible for signing the death certificate;
(5) documented notification of next of kin or legal guardian;
(6) authorization and release of the body to a funeral home.
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.
