Current through November, 2024
Section 11-99-73 - Physician services(a) Admission and ongoing orders and plans of treatment shall be in writing, and carried out by the staff of the facility including arrangement for transfer to other facilities when indicated.(b) All residents admitted to a facility must be under the care of a physician selected by the resident or guardian.(c) Physicians shall visit as necessary to assure adequate medical care, at least every ninety days unless the physician decides that this frequency is unnecessary and records his reasons for this decision. Visits shall then occur at least every one hundred-twenty days.(d) Physicians shall participate as appropriate in the interdisciplinary evaluation of residents and their plan of care.(e) Physicians shall provide an annual physical examination of each resident.(f) The administrator shall arrange with a physician to serve as a consultant in all matters relating to control of infection and communicable disease within the facility.(g) Each resident shall have a physical examination by a physician within five days prior to admission or within one week after admission, and must have had tuberculosis clearance as per section 11-99-63(2) (I), (J) within the previous year.(h) The facility shall promptly notify the physician of any accident, injury, or change in the resident's condition.(i) Each resident shall be certified by a physician as to their capability for self preservation. This certification shall be documented in the resident's record and reviewed at least annually.[Eff. APR 29, 1985] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-9, 321-10, 321-11, 333-53) (Imp: HRS § 333-53)