NAC449.74427. Agreement with hospital for transfer of patients.

     1. A facility for skilled nursing shall have in effect an agreement with at least one licensed hospital that provides for the transfer of patients from the facility to the hospital. The agreement must provide that:

     (a) A patient transferred from the facility will be admitted to the hospital in a timely manner if the transfer is medically appropriate as determined by the patient’s attending physician; and

     (b) Medical and other information required for the care and treatment of the patient is transferred with the patient. Such information may include information for determining whether the patient may be cared for adequately in a setting that is less expensive than the facility or the hospital.

     2. A facility for skilled nursing that does not have such an agreement in effect but has attempted in good faith to enter into such an agreement with a hospital sufficiently close to the facility to make transfers feasible shall be deemed to have such an agreement.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R051-99, eff. 9-27-99)