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Georgia Code Title 31. Health § 31-7-176

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The hospice care program shall coordinate its services with those of the patient's primary or attending physicians, and may contract out for elements of services rendered to the patient and family unit, but not for the basic hospice care services, provided by physicians, attending nurses, and counselors. The hospice care team shall be responsible for coordination of inpatient, outpatient, and home care aspects of care.

(b) Hospice services must meet all applicable definitions provided for in Code Section 31-7-172.

(c) A hospice program of care shall not impose the dictates of any value or belief system on its patients and their family units.

(d)(1) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article to the contrary, a hospice may, in addition to providing care to terminally ill individuals, also provide palliative care for patients with advanced and progressive diseases and for their families. Such care may be provided by a hospice acting alone or under contract with a health care facility.

(2) Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the provision of palliative care for patients with advanced and progressive diseases and for their families by any other health care provider otherwise authorized to provide such care.

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