- A. The hospice care program's volunteer services shall play a vital role in enhancing the quality of care delivered to the patient and family by encouraging community participation in the overall hospice care program.
- B. Volunteers may assist with patient care and administrative services consistent with the hospice care program's policies and in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.
- C. Volunteers shall document their activities in the clinical record.
- D. Volunteers shall comply with personnel policies and procedures.
Authority: Health-General Article, §§19-903 and 19-907, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: October 2, 1989 (16:19 Md. R. 2104)
Regulations .01—.16 repealed and new Regulations .01—.28 adopted effective August 10, 1998 (25:16 Md. R. 1274)
Regulation .04B amended effective August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953); March 13, 2017 (44:5 Md. R. 292)