Minnesota Administrative Rules

4664.0240 COUNSELING SERVICES.

Subpart 1.

Requirement.

A hospice provider must ensure that counseling services are available and adequate in frequency to meet the needs of the hospice patient and hospice patient's family. A hospice provider must provide a planned program of supportive services and bereavement counseling under the supervision of a qualified professional according to qualifications identified by hospice policy. The services must be available to patients and families during hospice care and the bereavement period following the death of the hospice patient.

Subp. 2.

Fines.

A fine of $300 shall be assessed for each violation of this part.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.752

History:

28 SR 1639

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007