NAC449.74457. Policies and procedures for advance directives by patient; information to be furnished regarding physicians.

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     1. A facility for skilled nursing shall adopt written policies and procedures authorizing the patients in the facility to establish advance directives for their treatment.

     2. The policies and procedures must require that written information be given to adult patients concerning their right to accept or refuse treatment and to establish advance directives for their treatment.

     3. A facility for skilled nursing shall inform each patient in the facility of the name and specialty of the physician responsible for his or her care and the manner in which the physician may be contacted.

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

                    
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