Section R432-750-2 - Purpose(1) A hospice licensee provides support and care for persons with a limited life expectancy so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible.(2) A hospice licensee offers services that: (a) recognize dying as a normal process resulting from disease or injury;(b) neither hastens nor postpones death;(c) prepares patients and families to attain a degree of mental and spiritual preparation for death that is satisfactory to them, through appropriate care and the promotion of a caring community sensitive to their needs;(d) provide physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and bereavement care for dying persons and their families;(e) are offered through an interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers; and(f) are available in both the home and an inpatient setting.(3) This rule applies to a program advertising or presenting to be a hospice or hospice program of care, as defined in Section 26-21-2, that provides, directly or by contract, hospice services to the terminally ill.Utah Admin. Code R432-750-2
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-10, effective 5/5/2023