Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 661 - Hospice
Subchapter 5 - Minimum Standards
Section 310:661-5-1.1 - Admission to hospice care
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 310:661-5-1.1
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) The hospice admits a patient only on the recommendation of the medical advisor in consultation with, or with input from, the patient's attending physician (if any).
(b) In reaching a decision to certify that the patient is terminally ill, the hospice medical advisor must consider at least the following information:
(1) Diagnosis of the terminal condition of
the patient;
(2) Other health
conditions, whether related or unrelated to the terminal condition; and
(3) Current clinically relevant
information supporting all diagnoses.
Added at 26 Ok Reg 2042, eff 6-25-09
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