A facility shall accept residents in accordance with the following restrictions:
- (1) The facility shall ensure hospice services are provided to residents by a Medicare hospice agency certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
- (2) A resident accepted for care by a residential hospice shall be housed within the facility covered by the license;
- (3) A licensed residential hospice may not accept or retain a resident who requires care in excess of the classification for which it is licensed;
- (4) Personnel essential to maintaining adequate staff may not leave a licensed hospice during the persons tour of duty in the hospice to provide services to a person who is not a resident of the hospice with the exception of providing emergency care on premises contiguous to the hospice's property; and
- (5) A licensed hospice facility may only admit and retain a resident certified by a physician as terminally ill.
Source: 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015.
General Authority: SDCL 34-12-7 , 34-12-13(5).
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-7 , 34-12-13(5).