Indiana § 12-15-40-2 - "Hospice" defined
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§ 12-15-40-2. "Hospice" defined
Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "hospice" means a person or health care provider who owns or operates a hospice program or facility, or both, that uses an interdisciplinary team directed by a licensed physician to provide a program of planned and continuous care for hospice program patients and their families.
(b) The term includes a program that:
(1) provides a continuum of medical or nursing care and other hospice services to hospice program patients that complies with:
(A) the:
(i) conditions of participation for inpatient units under 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.; and
(ii) accreditation standards as provided in the Medicare program under 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(2); and
(B) standards adopted under this article; and
(2) provides hospice services to hospice program patients and complies with standards adopted under this article.
As added by P.L.24-1997, SEC.54.
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