Section 198.069

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 198

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   

  198.069.  Resident returned to facility from a medical facility, physician orders, duty of facility. — For any resident of an assisted living facility who is released from a hospital or skilled nursing facility and returns to an assisted living facility as a resident, such resident's assisted living facility shall immediately, upon return, implement physician orders in the hospital or discharge summary, and within twenty-four hours of the patient's return to the facility, review and document such review of any physician orders related to the resident's hospital discharge care plan or the skilled nursing facility discharge care plan and modify the individual service plan for the resident accordingly.  The department of health and senior services may adjust personal care units authorized as described in subsection 14 of section 208.152 upon the effective date of the physicians orders to reflect the services required by such orders.

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(L. 2007 S.B. 577)