SECTION 558.851. Hospice Services Provided by a Licensed Person

(a) Services provided by a licensed person directly or under contract by a hospice must be authorized, delivered, and supervised only by a qualified licensed person who practices under the hospice's policies and procedures. For the purpose of this section, services provided by a licensed person include skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, and medical social services.

(b) A licensed person providing hospice services directly or under contract must:

(1) actively participate in the coordination of all aspects of a client's hospice care, in accordance with accepted standards of practice, including participating in ongoing interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments, developing and evaluating the plan of care, and contributing to client and family counseling and education; and

(2) participate in the hospice's quality assessment and performance improvement program and hospice-sponsored in-service training.

Source Note: The provisions of this §558.851 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