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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
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Chapter 661. Hospice |
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Subchapter 6. Hospice Inpatient Service Requirements |
SECTION 310:661-6-1. General
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- (a) Each hospice program that operates a hospice inpatient facility shall comply with service requirements specified in this subchapter.(b) Patients shall be permitted to receive visitors at any hour, including small children and house pets.(c) Smoking or possessing a lighted tobacco product is prohibited in a hospice inpatient facility and within fifteen (15) feet of each entrance to a facility and of any air intakes; provided however, the facility may provide a smoking room for use by patients and their visitors. The walkway to the main entrance shall also be smoke free. No ashtray shall be located closer than fifteen (15) feet to an entrance, except in an indoor smoking room. An indoor smoking room may be provided if:(1) It is completely enclosed;(2) It is exhausted directly to the outside and maintained under negative pressure sufficient to prevent any tobacco smoke from entering non-smoking areas of the building;(3) It allows for visual observation of the patients from outside of the smoking room; and(4) The plans are reviewed and approved by the Department.