California Health and Safety Code

§ 1339.31

HSC § 1339.31 Effective Jan 13, 1989Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 10.5

Statute text

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Hospice” means a specialized form of multidisciplinary health care which is designed to provide palliative care, alleviate the physical, emotional, social and spiritual discomforts of an individual who is experiencing the last phases of life due to the existence of a terminal disease, and to provide supportive care for the primary care giver and the family of the hospice patient, and which meets all of the following criteria:

(1)Considers the patient and the patient’s family, in addition to the patient, as the unit of care.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1, Sec. 2. Effective January 13, 1989.