{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-5-210","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-5-210","heading":"Department to make rules -- standards for hospices.","body":"(1) The department shall by rule establish standards for the licensure of a hospice. These standards must consider the terminally ill patient and the patient's family as a unit and require service delivery through a medically directed interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers acting under a defined hospice administration.\n(2) A hospice must meet the standards of care defined by law for any skilled care it provides that normally would be provided by a licensed facility such as a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or home health agency.\n(3) The department shall by rule establish standards for the licensure of a residential hospice facility.\n(4) The department shall by rule establish standards for the licensure of a freestanding inpatient hospice facility in accordance with medicare certification regulations contained in 42 CFR, part 418, subparts C through E, as adopted by the department. To be licensed by the department, the facility must be managed directly by a medicare-certified hospice.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES","Part 2. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0100/0500-0050-0020-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:08Z","sha256":"c1eaac5e18b2cf79533fac16b41e62036f6bea35a8a143eb8925c25430f4cdb9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-5-209","next":"us-mt/50-5-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}