6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1011-1-21-3
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1011-1-21-3 - GOVERNING BODY3.1 The governing body is the person or group of persons who exercises all corporate or other power and manages the business and affairs of the entity which is licensed to operate a hospice pursuant to these regulations. The Governing Body assumes full legal authority and responsibility for the management of the hospice, the provision of all hospice services, its fiscal operations, and continuous quality assessment and performance improvement.3.2 The governing body of a hospice shall be responsible for assuring that the hospice complies with all applicable regulations and standards for the operation and maintenance of a hospice license.3.3 The governing body shall appoint and employ an administrator who shall possess education and experience sufficient to qualify the person to be a hospice administrator. The Governing Body may delegate to such administrator the responsibility for the management of the hospice on a day-to-day basis.3.4 The governing body shall provide or arrange for the facilities, qualified personnel and services which are sufficient and necessary to provide effective hospice care, including physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual care for terminally ill patients and their families and, if it chooses, palliative care as a separate and distinct service from hospice care services.