Section 29-5106. PLAN OF CARE

 

5106.1Each Provider shall conduct an initial assessment of the patient's functional status and needs within forty-eight (48) hours of receiving the referral for services.

 

5106.2Each Provider shall develop a written plan of care within seventy-two (72) hours of the initial evaluation of the patient based upon an assessment of the patient's functional limitations.

 

5106.3The plan of care shall specify the frequency, duration and expected outcome of the services rendered.

 

5106.4The plan of care shall be approved by the patient's physician and re-certified no less than every six (6) months after the initial certification and each re-certification thereafter.

 

5106.5The plan of care shall be re-certified by the physician after any interruption of service, including hospital admissions, greater than fourteen (14) days.

 

5106.6The plan of care shall be reviewed by the registered nurse no later than once every sixty-two (62) days, updated or modified as needed and signed by the physician within thirty (30) days of prescription. If a plan of care is revised by telephone order, the telephone order shall be immediately reduced to writing and signed by the physician within thirty (30) days of its prescription.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3957 (May 23, 2003).