North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter J - THE LICENSING OF HOME CARE AGENCIES
Section .1000 - ADMINISTRATION
Section 13J .1005 - HOSPICE CARE
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) If an agency offers or provides a hospice program of care, such services shall be in compliance with all provisions of 10A NCAC 13K (Hospice Licensing Rules), with the exception of rules requiring a separate hospice license.
(b) A hospice shall be eligible for a home care license if it meets the requirements of 10A NCAC 13J and meets the standards for the specific home care services offered. The extent of the licensure review shall be at the discretion of the Department.
(c) If an agency that operates a hospice, a hospice inpatient facility, or a hospice residential care facility, under its home care license, substantially fails to comply with the provisions of Article 10 of G.S. 131E or of 10A NCAC 13J, the Department may amend the agency's home care license by revoking the agency's right to operate a hospice, a hospice inpatient facility, or a hospice residential care facility, or offer hospice services under its home care license.
Authority
G.S.
131E-140;
Eff. July 1,
1992;
Amended Eff. February 1, 1996;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. June 25,
2016.