HAR §11-99-73
HAR §11-99-73. Physician services
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 11-99-73
(a) Admission and
ongoing orders and plans of treatment shall be in
writing, and carried out by the staff of the facility
including arrangement for transfer to other facilities
when indicated.
(b)
All residents admitted to a facility must be
under the care of a physician selected by the resident
or guardian.
(c)
Physicians shall visit as necessary to assure
adequate medical care, at least every ninety days unless
the physician decides that this frequency is unnecessary
and records his reasons for this decision. Visits shall
then occur at least every one hundred-twenty days.
§11-99-74
(d)
Physicians shall participate as appropriate in
the interdisciplinary evaluation of residents and their
plan of care.
(e)
Physicians shall provide an annual physical
examination of each resident.
(f)
The administrator shall arrange with a
physician to serve as a consultant in all matters
relating to control of infection and communicable
disease within the facility.
(g)
Each resident shall have a physical
examination by a physician within five days prior to
admission or within one week after admission, and must
have had tuberculosis clearance as per section
11-99-63(2)(I),(J) within the previous year.
(h)
The facility shall promptly notify the
physician of any accident, injury, or change in the
resident's condition.
(i)
Each resident shall be certified by a
physician as to their capability for self preservation.
This certification shall be documented in the resident's
record and reviewed at least annually. [Eff. April 29,
1985] (Auth: HRS §§321-9, 321-10,
321-11, 333-53) (Imp: HRS §333-53)