South Carolina Code 44-71-65. Hospice to comply with department regulations; not subject to nursing home or community residential care facility licensure and regulation
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-71-65
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-71-20
- Hospice: means a centrally administered, interdisciplinary health care program, which provides a continuum of medically supervised palliative and supportive care for the terminally ill patient and the family including, but not limited to, outpatient and inpatient services provided directly or through written agreement. See South Carolina Code 44-71-20
- Multiple location: means a properly registered additional site, other than the licensed primary office, from which a parent hospice organization provides hospice services. See South Carolina Code 44-71-20
- Primary office: means the main office of a hospice program from which a parent hospice provides hospice services to patients and their families and from which a parent hospice performs oversight, administrative, and coordination of care duties for any multiple location. See South Carolina Code 44-71-20
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospice facility, primary office, and multiple location must comply with the regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to this chapter and are not subject to regulations pertaining to the licensure and regulation of nursing homes or community residential care facilities.