Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
Chapter 661. Hospice |
Subchapter 6. Hospice Inpatient Service Requirements |
SECTION 310:661-6-3. Nursing services
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- (a) The facility shall provide twenty-four (24) hour nursing services sufficient to meet the needs of the hospice inpatients.(b) Each patient shall receive treatments, medications, and diet as prescribed, and shall be kept comfortable, clean, well-groomed, and protected from accident, injury, and infection.(c) Each shift shall include at least one (1) registered nurse to supervise the facility and provide direct patient care.(d) There shall be adequate numbers of other licensed nurses and support staff to provide services established in the patient's plan of care while the patient is in the facility.