Admissions
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, § 3 MGL c. 111, § 57DDepartment of Public Health
- (A) The hospice shall establish written admission criteria and policies which shall include an assessment of the patient's/family's desire and need for hospice service, and any eligibility limitations of a patient who does not have a designated primary care giver.
(B) Admission to a hospice shall be limited to patients
- (1) who are terminally ill with a limited life expectancy,
- (2) who are no longer receiving treatment for cure,
- (3) who along with the physician and family agree that palliative care is appropriate, and
- (4) who have elected to receive hospice care.
- (C) Each hospice shall define in writing the term "limited life expectancy" in its admission policies.
- (D) The patient, or a representative of the patient's family unit if the patient is not able, must sign an informed consent agreement.