Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 661 - Hospice
Subchapter 5 - Minimum Standards
Section 310:661-5-1 - Admission
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Admission to a hospice will be in accord with the Act.
(b) Hospice services will be available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
(c) A hospice program will not impose the dictates of any value or belief system on its patients and their families.
(d) A hospice will coordinate its service with those of the patient's primary or attending physician, all hospice caregivers, and nursing facility staff if a patient resides in a nursing facility.
(e) The hospice team will be responsible for coordination and continuity between inpatient and home care aspects of care.
Added at 9 Ok Reg 1985, eff 6-11-92; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2106, eff 4-7-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2269, eff 6-12-97
