135J.3  Basic requirements.
  A licensed hospice program shall include:
  1.  A planned program of hospice care, the medical components of which shall be under the direction of a licensed physician.
  2.  Centrally administered, coordinated hospice core services provided in home, outpatient, or institutional settings.
  3.  A mechanism that assures the rights of the patient and family.
  4.  Palliative care provided to a hospice patient and family under the direction of a licensed physician.
  5.  An interdisciplinary team which develops, implements, and evaluates the hospice plan of care for the patient and family.
  6.  Bereavement services.
  7.  Accessible hospice care twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week in all settings.
  8.  An ongoing system of quality assurance and utilization review.
84 Acts, ch 1284, §7
C85, §135.95
90 Acts, ch 1204, §66
C91, §135J.3