Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-750 - Hospice Rule
Section R432-750-28 - Safeguards for Patients Funds and Valuables
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The licensee shall safeguard patient cash resources, personal property, and valuables that have been entrusted to the licensee or hospice staff.
(2) A licensee is not required to handle patient's cash resources or valuables. However, if the licensee accepts a patient's cash resources or valuables, then the licensee shall safeguard the patient's cash resources in accordance with the following:
(3) Each licensee shall maintain a separate account for patient funds specific to that inpatient hospice and shall not commingle with patient funds from another inpatient hospice.
(4) Upon discharge, a patient's money and valuables, that have been entrusted to the licensee, shall be returned to the patient that day. Money and valuables kept in an interest-bearing account shall be available to the patient within three working days.
(5) Within 30 days following the death of a patient, except in a medical examiner case, the patient's money and valuables entrusted to the licensee shall be surrendered to the responsible persons, or to the administrator of the estate.