- (a) Persons admitted as inpatients shall be classified as Evaluation, Habilitation or Respite admissions.
- (b) Inpatients staying for ongoing medical and therapeutic treatment, after the initial evaluation is completed, are in habilitation status. A change of status from evaluation to habilitation does not constitute a discharge and immediate readmission to the new status. It is simply a recognition of a change in therapeutic need of the patient. However, in all other situations denoting changes of status, a discharge and immediate readmission is required.
- (c) To maintain inpatient status, a patient shall have documented and continued improvement on a bi-weekly basis in at least one of the three primary therapy disciplines. When medically indicated, the physician may document low physical endurance as a contra-indication to the required therapeutic services for a maximum of one week.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 2598, eff 7-11-02