Utah Admin. Code R432-750-28 - Safeguards for Patients Funds and Valuables
(1) The licensee shall safeguard patient cash
resources, personal property, and valuables that have been entrusted to the
licensee or hospice staff.
(2)
(a) The licensee may handle the patient's
cash resources or valuables.
(b) If
the licensee accepts a patient's cash resources or valuables, the licensee
shall safeguard the patient's cash resources in accordance with the following:
(i) any money entrusted with the facility in
a patient account over $150 is deposited in an interest-bearing account in a
local financial institution within five days of receipt;
(ii) each account is current with columns for
debits, credits, and balance;
(iii)
each record of patient funds, and other valuables entrusted to the licensee for
safekeeping, shall include a copy of the receipt furnished for funds
received;
(iv) each record of
patient funds that is maintained as a drawing account shall include a control
account for each receipt and expenditure, an account for each patient, and
supporting receipts filed in chronological order;
(v) the licensee or staff member may not use
patient funds or valuables as their own or mingle them with own;
(vi) the licensee shall ensure patient funds
and valuables are separate, intact, and free from any liability that the
licensee incurs in the use of the patient's funds or the institution's funds
and valuables; and
(vii) the
licensee shall maintain accurate records of patient funds and valuables
entrusted to the licensee.
(3) The licensee shall maintain a separate
account for patient funds specific to that hospice inpatient facility and may
not commingle with patient funds from another hospice inpatient
facility.
(4)
(a) The licensee shall return any money and
valuables entrusted to the license on the day of discharge.
(b) The licensee shall make any money and
valuables maintained in an interest-bearing account available to the patient
within three working days.
(5) The licensee shall surrender the
patient's money and valuables entrusted to the licensee to the responsible
individuals or the hospice administrator of the estate within 30 days following
the death of a patient, except in a case under investigation by the medical
examiner.
Notes
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