Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-37-.05 - Inspections and Investigations
(1) The hospice staff, any facilities where
hospice care is being delivered, and the hospice patients must be accessible
during all hours of operation to properly identified representatives of the
Department for inspections and investigations relating to the hospice's
license.
(2) The Department will
periodically inspect each hospice to ensure that the licensee is providing
quality care to its patients; provided, however, that a hospice is exempt from
routine periodicon-site licensure inspection if it is certified as a hospice in
accordance with federal regulations. Where the Department receives or becomes
aware of a complaint alleging that the hospice is not acting in compliance with
the requirements of these rules, the Department may conduct an inspection at
any time to determine whether the licensed hospice is in compliance with these
rules.
(3) For the purposes of any
inspection, investigation, or survey conducted by the Department, the hospice
must provide to properly identified representatives of the Department
meaningful access to all books, records, papers, or other information related
to the initial or continued licensing of the hospice.
(4) The hospice must submit to the
Department, in a format acceptable to the Department, a written plan of
correction in response to any inspection report of violations identified by the
Department. The plan of correction must specify what the hospice will do by a
date certain to correct each of the violations identified. The plan of
correction must be submitted within 10 days of the hospice's receipt of the
inspection report of violations. A plan of correction must be determined to be
acceptable by the Department. Hospices may be allowed an additional 48 hours to
revise any plan of correction deemed unacceptable by the Department. Failure to
submit an acceptable plan of correction may result in the Department commencing
enforcement procedures. The hospice must correct all violations
cited.
Notes
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