Minnesota Administrative Rules

4664.0070 GOVERNING BODY.

Subpart 1.

Governing body.

A hospice provider must have a governing body that assumes full legal responsibility for determining, implementing, and monitoring policies governing the hospice provider's total operation. The governing body members must participate in an initial orientation to the hospice philosophy.

Subp. 2.

Administrator.

A licensee must designate an administrator who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the hospice program. The administrator must have defined lines of responsibility and authority and be responsible for the overall management of the hospice. The administrator is responsible to the governing body for:

A.

implementing, monitoring, and reporting on the hospice's services;

B.

ensuring the quality of patient care;

C.

resolving problems, including the retention of all incident and accident reports for at least one year and the results of the investigations; and

D.

ensuring that quality assurance activities are performed.

Subp. 3.

Fines.

For each violation of the following subparts, the stated fine shall be assessed:

A.

subpart 1, $100; and

B.

subpart 2, $100.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.752

History:

28 SR 1639

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007