North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter K - HOSPICE LICENSING RULES
Section .1100 - HOSPICE RESIDENTIAL CARE
Section 13K .1108 - REPORT OF DEATH
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
The hospice shall have a written plan to be followed in case of patient death. The plan must provide for:
(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;
(4) notification of attending physician responsible for signing death certificate;
(5) notification of next of kin or legal guardian;
(6) authorization and release of body to funeral home; and
(7) notification to the Department of any death resulting from an injury, accident, or other possible unnatural causes.
Authority
G.S.
131E-202;
Eff. June 1,
1991;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. December 22,
2018.
