Minnesota Administrative Rules

4664.0100 ASSESSMENT.

Subpart 1.

Requirement.

A hospice provider must ensure that each hospice patient and hospice patient family has a current assessment. An interdisciplinary team must complete an individualized, comprehensive assessment of each hospice patient and hospice patient family's needs. The assessment must address, but is not limited to, the physical, nutritional, emotional, social, spiritual, pain, symptom management, medication, and special needs of the hospice patient and hospice patient's family during the final stages of illness, dying, and bereavement, and any other areas necessary to the provision of hospice care.

Subp. 2.

Fines.

A fine of $350 shall be assessed for each violation of this part.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.752

History:

28 SR 1639

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007