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Indiana Code Title 12. Human Services § 12-15-40-2

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, “hospice” means a person or health care provider who owns or operates a hospice program or facility, or both, that uses an interdisciplinary team directed by a licensed physician to provide a program of planned and continuous care for hospice program patients and their families.

(b) The term includes a program that:

(1) provides a continuum of medical or nursing care and other hospice services to hospice program patients that complies with:

(A) the:

(i) conditions of participation for inpatient units under 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.;  and

(ii) accreditation standards as provided in the Medicare program under 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(2);  and

(B) standards adopted under this article;  and

(2) provides hospice services to hospice program patients and complies with standards adopted under this article.

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