R432-700-14. Acceptance Criteria

(1) The agency shall develop written acceptance criteria and shall make these policies available to the public upon request.

(2) Patients shall be accepted for treatment if the patient's needs can be met by the agency in the patient's place of residence. The agency shall base the acceptance determination on an assessment using the following criteria:

(a) The patient needs skilled nursing services, to determine whether a service is skilled, the following criteria shall apply:

(i) the complexity of prescribed services can be safely or effectively performed only by, or under the close supervision of, technical or professional personnel.

(ii) care is needed to prevent, to the extent possible, deterioration of the condition or to sustain current capacities of a patient, such as one with terminal cancer.

(iii) special medical complications necessitate service performance or close supervision by technical or professional persons, as in the care of a diabetic patient with impaired circulation, fragile skin, and a fractured leg in a cast.

(b) The patient needs therapy services or support services;

(c) The patient and family request care at home;

(d) The physical facilities in the patient's place of residence can be adapted to provide safe environment for care.