23-17.7-01. Definitions

23-17.7-01. Definitions As used in this section, unless the context and subject matter otherwise require: 1. "Department" means the department of health and human services. 2. "Hospice patient" has the same meaning as provided under section 23-17.4-01. 3. "Hospice program" has the same meaning as provided under section 23-17.4-01. 4. "Hospice services" has the same meaning as provided under section 23-17.4-01. 5. "Residential end-of-life facility" means a freestanding facility that provides twenty-four hour residential and support services in a home-like setting for no more than twelve hospice patients receiving hospice services from a third-party hospice program.