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144.563 NURSING SERVICES PROVIDED IN A HOSPITAL; PROHIBITED
PRACTICES.
A hospital that has been granted a license condition under section 144.562 must not provide
to patients not reimbursed by Medicare or medical assistance the types of services that would
be usually and customarily provided and reimbursed under medical assistance or Medicare as
services of a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility for more than 42 days and only
for patients who have been hospitalized and no longer require an acute level of care. Permission to
extend a patient's length of stay may be granted by the commissioner if requested by the physician
at least ten days prior to the end of the maximum length of stay.
History: 1Sp1985 c 3 s 4

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