California · Health and Safety Code - HSC
HSC §1339.32: A special hospital: hospice shall be deemed to provide acute palliative care.
What this law says, in plain English
A special hospital hospice is legally defined as providing acute palliative care.
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A special hospital: hospice shall be deemed to provide acute palliative care. All patients receiving inpatient care in a Special Hospital: Hospice Project shall be admitted by, and under the supervision of, a physician member of the organized medical staff.
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