Rule 15-16-1-1.20.6 - Branch Offices1. No Branch Office may be opened without written approval from Mississippi State Department of Health.2. No Branch Office shall be opened unless the parent office has had full licensure for a full twelve (12) months preceding the request and has admitted at least three (3) patients within the last annual renewal cycle.3. Each Branch must serve the same or part of the geographic service area approved for the parent.4. Each Branch Office shall be open for business the same hours as required for the parent office, must have a registered nurse immediately available to be on site, or on site in the branch office at all times during operating hours.5. All hospice patient's clinical records must be maintained at the hospice site issued the provider license (S.O.M. 208.1). Duplicate records may be maintained at the Branch Office.6. Original personnel files are to be kept at the Parent office, but shall be made available, upon request, to federal/state surveyors during any review of the branch.7. A statement of personnel policies is maintained in each Branch for staff usage.8. Approval for Branch Offices will be issued, in writing, by Mississippi State Department of Health for one year and will be renewed at time of re-licensure, if the branch office meets the following criteria: a. Is operational and providing hospice services;b. Offer exact same services as the parent office; andc. Parent office meets requirements for full licensure.15 Miss. Code. R. § 16-1-1.20.6
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-85-7