3701-19-17 Physician services.

(A) Each hospice care program shall provide physician services which, in addition to palliation and management of terminal illness and related conditions, meet the general medical needs of the patients to the extent that those needs are not met by the patient’s attending physician.

(B) Interpretive guidelines:

(1) The attending physician is identified by the patient as the physician who is primarily responsible for the patient’s medical care. The hospice patient may designate the hospice care program medical director to be the attending physician.

(2) Oversight of the provision of physician services generally is the responsibility of the hospice care program’s medical director, pursuant to rule 3701-19-10 of the Administrative Code. The medical director also complements the attending physician’s care by providing or arranging for the provision of care to meet the patient’s needs that are not met by the attending physician.

(3) All medical orders for treatment, procedures, tests, and medications shall be signed by a physician.

HISTORY: Eff 12-31-90; 10-17-99

Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119.

Rule authorized by: RC 3712.03

Rule amplifies: RC 3712.01, 3712.04, 3712.05, 3712.06

R.C. 119.032 Review Date: 10/1/04; 9/1/99