Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-17-.22

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 420-5-17-.22 - Transfer Agreement

(1) The home care hospice has a written transfer agreement with one or more hospitals sufficiently close to the hospice's service area to make feasible the transfer of the patient and their records. This agreement provides the basis for effective working arrangements under which inpatient hospital care or other hospital services are available promptly to the facility's patients when needed. The agreement delineates the responsibilities assumed by both the hospital and the hospice.

(2) A hospital and a hospice shall be considered to have a transfer agreement in effect if, by reason of a written agreement between them or (in case the two institutions are under common control) by reason of a written understanding by the person or body which controls them, there is reasonable assurance that:

(a) Timely transfer and admission of patients will be effected whenever such transfer is medically appropriate as determined by the attending physician.

(b) There will be interchange of pertinent medical and other information necessary to determine appropriateness and/or degree of care required.

(c) Security and accountability for patients' personal effects are provided on transfer by the inpatient hospice.

Author: Jimmy D. Prince

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-17-.22

New Rule: Filed August 20, 1993; effective September 23, 1993. Repealed and New Rule: Filed June 14, 2000; effective July 19, 2000.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-21-20, etseq.