SECTION 558.833. Hospice Medical Social Services

(a) Medical social services must be provided to a client by a qualified social worker. A qualified hospice social worker must meet one of the following requirements:

(1) active licensure in the state of Texas as a master social worker (MSW) and one year of social work experience in a health care setting; or

(2) active licensure in the state of Texas as a baccalaureate social worker, one year of social work experience in a health care setting, and if employed by a hospice after December 2, 2008, must be supervised by a qualified MSW.

(b) A qualified licensed baccalaureate social worker employed by a hospice before December 2, 2008, is exempt from the MSW supervision requirement.

(c) Medical social services must be provided under the direction of a physician.

(d) The social work services provided must be based on:

(1) the client's and family's needs as identified in the client's psychosocial assessment; and

(2) the client's and family's acceptance of these services.

Source Note: The provisions of this §558.833 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