Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, “hospice” means a person or health care provider who owns or operates a hospice program or facility, or both, that uses an interdisciplinary team directed by a licensed physician to provide a program of planned and continuous care for hospice program patients and their families.

     (b) The term includes a program that:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-15-40-2

  • hospice: means a person or health care provider who owns or operates a hospice program or facility, or both, that uses an interdisciplinary team directed by a licensed physician to provide a program of planned and continuous care for hospice program patients and their families. See Indiana Code 12-15-40-2
  • hospice program: means a specialized form of interdisciplinary health care that is designed to alleviate the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual discomforts of an individual who is experiencing the last phase of a terminal illness or disease. See Indiana Code 12-15-40-3
  • hospice services: means :

    Indiana Code 12-15-40-5

(1) provides a continuum of medical or nursing care and other hospice services to hospice program patients that complies with:

(A) the:

(i) conditions of participation for inpatient units under 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.; and

(ii) accreditation standards as provided in the Medicare program under 42 U.S.C. § 1395x(dd)(2); and

(B) standards adopted under this article; and

(2) provides hospice services to hospice program patients and complies with standards adopted under this article.

As added by P.L.24-1997, SEC.54.

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