135J.3 - BASIC REQUIREMENTS. - Iowa Statutes

135J.3 BASIC REQUIREMENTS. A licensed hospice program shall include: 1. A planned program of hospice care, the medical components of which shall be under the direction of a licensed physician. 2. Centrally administered, coordinated hospice core services provided in home, outpatient, or institutional settings. 3. A mechanism that assures the rights of the patient and family. 4. Palliative care provided to a hospice patient and family under the direction of a licensed physician. 5. An interdisciplinary team which develops, implements, and evaluates the hospice plan of care for the patient and family. 6. Bereavement services. 7. Accessible hospice care twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week in all settings. 8. An ongoing system of quality assurance and utilization review.          Section History: Recent Form 84 Acts, ch 1284, § 7 C85, § 135.95 90 Acts, ch 1204, § 66 C91, § 135J.3 Referred to in § 135J.2