Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-150 - Nursing Care Facility
Section R432-150-16 - Physician Services
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-150-16
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1)
(a) The licensee shall ensure a physician
approves, in writing, a recommendation that an individual be admitted to the
nursing care facility.
(b) Each
resident shall remain under the care of a physician licensed in Utah to deliver
the scope of services required by the resident.
(c) Nurse practitioners or physician
assistants, working under the direction of a licensed physician may initiate
admission to a nursing care facility pending personal review by the
physician.
(2) The licensee shall provide supervision to ensure that the medical care of each resident is supervised by a physician. When a resident's attending physician is unavailable, another qualified physician shall supervise the medical care of the resident.
(3) The physician that supervises the resident's care shall:
(a)
review the resident's total program of care, including medications and
treatments, at each visit;
(b)
write, sign, and date progress notes at each visit;
(c) indicate, in writing, direction and
supervision of health care provided to residents by nurse practitioners or
physician assistants; and
(d) sign
each order.
(4) The licensee shall ensure that physician visits comply with the following:
(a) the physician notifies the facility of
the name of the nurse practitioner or physician assistant who is providing care
to the resident at the facility;
(b) a physician sees each resident at least
once every 30 days for the first 90 days after admission, and at least every 60
days thereafter;
(c) physician
visits are completed within ten days of the date the visit is
required;
(d) except as permitted
in Subsection R432-150-16(4)(e),
the physician makes each required visit; and
(e) at the option of the physician, required
visits after the initial visit may alternate between personal visits by the
physician and visits by a physician assistant or nurse
practitioner.
(5) The licensee shall provide or arrange for physician services 24 hours a day in case of an emergency.
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