SECTION 558.820. Hospice Interdisciplinary Team

(a) A hospice must designate an interdisciplinary team (IDT) composed of persons who work together to meet the physical, medical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of a hospice client and family facing terminal illness and bereavement. The IDT members must provide the care and services offered by the hospice and all the members of the IDT must supervise the care and services the hospice provides.

(b) An IDT must include persons who are qualified and competent to practice in the following professional roles:

(1) a physician who is an employee or under contract with the hospice, who may also be the hospice medical director or physician designee;

(2) an RN;

(3) a social worker; and

(4) a pastoral or other counselor.

(c) The hospice must designate an RN who is a member of the client's IDT to provide coordination of care and to ensure continuous assessment of the client's and family's needs and implementation of the interdisciplinary plan of care.

(d) A hospice may have more than one IDT. If the hospice has more than one IDT, the hospice must identify the IDT specifically designated to establish policies governing the day-to-day provision of hospice care and services.

Source Note: The provisions of this §558.820 adopted to be effective October 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 6628; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the April 12, 2019 issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 1893; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2427