NAC449.275. Residential facility which provides residents with hospice care: Responsibilities of staff; retention of resident with special medical needs.

     1. A residential facility that provides services to a resident who elects to receive hospice care shall obtain a copy of the plan of care required pursuant to NAC 449.0186 for that resident.

     2. The members of the staff of the facility shall:

     (a) Maintain at the facility a written record of the care and services provided to a resident who receives hospice care; and

     (b) Report any deviation from the established plan of care to the resident’s physician within 24 hours after the deviation occurs.

     3. If the Division grants a request made pursuant to NAC 449.2736 by the administrator of a residential facility that provides hospice care, the residential facility may retain a resident who:

     (a) Is bedfast, as defined in NAC 449.2702; or

     (b) Requires skilled nursing or other medical care on a 24-hour basis.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R003-97, eff. 10-30-97; A by R052-99, 9-27-99; R073-03, 1-22-2004)