(a) A hospice RN must complete an initial assessment of a client where hospice services will be delivered within 48 hours after the election of hospice care, unless the client's physician, the client, or the client's legal representative requests that the initial assessment be completed in less than 48 hours.
(b) The initial assessment must assess a client's immediate physical, psychosocial, and emotional status related to the terminal illness and related conditions. The information gathered must be used by the hospice to begin the plan of care and to provide care and services to treat a client's and a client's family's immediate care and support needs.

Source Note: The provisions of this §558.810 adopted to be effective October 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 6628; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the April 12, 2019 issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 1893; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2427