List of Websites for State Hospice Regulations

Hospice Patients Alliance: Consumer Advocacy

Listing of Websites for Each State's
Hospice Administrative Code and Regulations

DISCLAIMER -- This webpage directly links to sites containing the Hospice Administrative Code of various states. Although every attempt is made to ensure that the links and information placed on this site is accurate and timely, the Hospice Patients Alliance cannot assure the accuracy of any specific online webpage which is linked to here. Some states post "unofficial" versions of their administrative codes (which are basically the same as the "official" version, except that if you order a printed "official" version of a code/law from a state's administrative code office, you can be sure that you have the latest version with any updates or revisions which may have been made by state lawmakers or other officials.

If you are unable to find the information you need from these links to administrative code, you can look at your state website and searching for the department of health or human services (or other department) as needed. You can often email an official listed at the state website to give you either the answer you need or advice about who knows the answer to your questions. If you need the latest version of the code for a legal action, you are urged to consult the official printed versions of these publications or to contact legal counsel of your choice. This site cannot legally be cited as an official or authoritative source.

Quite often, an official copy of a state's administrative code may be found at a city library. If you wish to see a hard copy of your state's hospice Administrative Code/Rules, we suggest that you call your librarian and ask them if they have a copy of the state's administrative code. They will be able to direct you to a copy of the hospice code for your state. In addition to state hospice administrative rules, all licensed hospices must comply with the provisions governing hospice in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR ch iv, part 418: Hospice
(effective Dec. 2, 2008)

If you wish to look at the old regulations, prior to Dec. 2, 2008, you can look at FORMER U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR ch iv, part 418: Hospice.

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State Administrative Code	Code Identifying Numbers	State Hospice Administrative Code Direct Links
Alabama Administrative Code	Chapter 420-5-17 Hospices	www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/hlth/5HLTH17.htm#T1
Alaska Administrative Code	Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing Chapter 18. Hospice Care Programs	www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title18/Chapter18.htm
Arizona Administrative Code	Title 9 - Health Services Chapter 10, Article 8 - Hospices	www.sosaz.com/public_services/Title_09/9-10.htm
Arkansas Administrative Code	20-7-117 -- Hospices	www.arkleg.state.ar.us/newsdcode/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-hit-h.htm&2.0
California Administrative Code	TITLE 22; Division 3; Subdivision 1; Ch. 3 Article 2; ?51180	Click here for list of CA hospice code links Search within the frame shown for "hospice"
Colorado Administrative Code	C.A.C. Section 8.550	www.chcpf.state.co.us/StateRules/SRpdf/550HOSPICE.pdf This is a .pdf format document and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
Connecticut General Statutes	19-13-D72(b) Patient Care Standards
Delaware Administrative Code
District of Columbia Administrative Code	[NOTE: DC does not currently maintain a rules home page. However, a non-governmental webpage has information about accessing the DC rules	http://www.abfa.com/dcdocs
Florida Administrative Code	F.A.C. Chapter 58-A-2 This is a large .pdf file (1071 KB)	http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter58.pdf Once you have opened the .pdf file, search for 58-A-2 to find the hospice code
Georgia Administrative Rules	Rule 290-5-43-.09 Freestanding Hospices Rule 290-5-43-.19 Hospice Emergency Drug Kits Rule 480-24-.07	http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=5274&d=1 http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=5284&d=1 http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=7035&d=1
Hawaii Administrative Rules	TITLE 11 - Chapter 91 (new rules in process, call: Helen Yoshimi (808-586-4080)	Hawaii does not yet have its own hospice code or Rules The new rules are still in process and are not yet online. Hawaii relies on the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.
Idaho Administrative Code	Idaho Does Not Have Its Own Hospice Regulations	See the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR ch iv. Part 418 Federal Regulations
Illinois Administrative Code	Title 77, ch. 1, subchapter B, part 280 = Hospice Code 210 ILCS 60/ (licensing)	Hospice Administrative Code licensing rules
Indiana Administrative Code	Title 16, Article 25	http://www.state.in.us/legislative/ic/code/title16/ar25/
Iowa Administrative Code	Inspections and Appeals[481] Chapter 53[135J]	http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/2000/iac/481iac/48153/48153.pdf
Kansas Relies on Federal	See 42 CFR ch. iv. part 418	Code of Federal Regulations governing hospice
Kentucky Administrative Rules	907 K.A.R. 1:330 - Hospice	http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/regulations/907/001/330.htm
Louisiana Administrative Code
Maine Administrative Code	10 - 144, ch. 120 - Hospice	ftp://ftp.state.me.us/pub/sos/cec/rcn/apa/10/144/144c120.doc Note: this is an FTP site link to a MS WordPad document. You can download the small file and then view it in MS WordPad
Maryland Administrative Code
Massachusetts Administrative Code
Michigan Administrative Code	R 325.13101 - 325.13418	www.state.mi.us/webapp/orr/admincode.asp?AdminCode=Single&Admin_Num=32513101&Dpt=CI&RngHigh=
Minnesota Administrative Rules	4668.0210 Class D Provider Hospice	http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/4668/0210.html
Mississippi Administrative Code	Section 41-85-15	http://198.187.128.12/mississippi/lpext.dll/Infobase/13785/15aee?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm&2.0#JD_t41ch85
Missouri Code of State Regulations	19 C.S.R. Div. 30 ch. 35	http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/csr/19csr/19c30-35.pdf This is a .pdf file and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
Montana Administrative Code
Nebraska Administrative Code	Title 175 Ch. 116	www.nol.org/home/SOS/hhs/t175-16.pdf
Nevada Administrative Code	N.A.C. 449.017 and following	www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/nac%2D449.html Note: this is a large webpage. Search for 449.017 within the webpage to quickly find the hospice code
New Hampshire Administrative Code	See Federal Rules	See the Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR ch.iv. part 418 NH doesn't have its own separate hospice rules
New Jersey Administrative Code
New Mexico Administrative Code
New York Administrative Code
North Carolina Administrative Code	Title 10 Chapter 3, Subchapter T Section .0100-.1000	http://mapsweb01.sips.state.nc.us/ncoah/ncadministrativ_/title10healthan_/chapter03facili_/subchaptertrule/content.htm You can flip through section by section of the code here.
North Dakota Administrative Code
Ohio Administrative Code	Chapter 3701-19 Hospice Care Programs	http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/oac/whole.cfm?GRStructure2=3701%2D19
Oklahoma Administrative Code	Title 310 - Chapter 661; Hospice - Licensing Act	www.health.state.ok.us/PROGRAM/medfac/hosp661.pdf; www.health.state.ok.us/PROGRAM/medfac/hospact.pdf
Oregon Administrative Code	Oregon relies on Federal Law	See federal regulations governing hospice: 42 CFR ch. iv. part 418
Pennsylvania Administrative Code	Title 55 Part III - Services Ch. 1130	http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/055/chapter1130/chap1130toc.html
Puerto Rico Administrative Code
Rhode Island Administrative Code	R 23-17-HPC	http://www.health.state.ri.us/hsr/regulations/hospice.pdf
South Carolina Administrative Code
South Dakota Administrative Code	ARTICLE 44:04	http://legis.state.sd.us/rules/rules/4404.htm#44:04:06:13 (search for the word "hospice" within text to see regs. related to hospice
Tennessee Administrative Code	TN Rule: 1200-8-27 Rules for Hospice in Home TN Rule: 1200-8-15 Rules for Residential Hospice	Standards for Hospice Services in the Patient's Home Standards for Residential Hospices Note: These are links to .pdf files which you can download and then view.
Texas Administrative Code	Title 40, Pt. I, ch. 30 Title 40, Pt. I ch. 97:C.25	Medicaid Hospice Program Rules Standards for Hospice Services
Utah Administrative Code	Rule R432-16 Hospice Inpatient Facility Construction; UT Admin Code Section: 432 - 750	Hospice Inpatient Facility Construction Rules General Hospice Adm. Code
Vermont Administrative Code
Virginia Administrative Code	32.1-162.3 38.2-3418.11 54.1-2972 54.1-2984 63.2-1806 8.01-226.4 12 V.A.C. 30-60-130 12VAC5-390-10 through 660 Search the VA Code and Administrative Code for "hospice"	follow links for next sections http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+32.1-162.1 http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+38.2-3418.11 http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2972 http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+54.1-2984 http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+63.2-1806 http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+8.01-226.4 http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+reg+12VAC30-60-130 http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+reg+12VAC5-390-10 www.virginia.gov/cmsportal/government_881/virginia_1048/index.html
Washington Administrative Code	W.A.C. 246 -331 CHAPTER	http://www.leg.wa.gov/wacchapters/Ch1207.exe This is a link to download the entire hospice code in one file. (This file is a self-extracting HTML file. Double click to open after saving to a folder on your computer). http://search.leg.wa.gov/wslwac/WAC%20246%20%20TITLE/WAC%20246%20-331%20%20CHAPTER/WAC%20246%20-331%20%20CHAPTER.htm This link is for viewing section by section from the Washington Adm. Code website.
West Virginia Administrative Code
Wisconsin Administrative Code	Chapter HFS 131	http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/hfs/hfs131.pdf This is a .pdf file which requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Wyoming Administrative Rules	Chapter 10 Chapter 11	general hospice rules licensure rules

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Listing of Websites for Each State's Hospice Administrative Code and Regulations

Listing of Websites for Each State's
Hospice Administrative Code and Regulations