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Ten years ago, the Commonwealth of Virginia enacted legislation requiring all Hospices to meet minimum standards of care. Hospice staffs and supporters have been writing and revising those regulations for the last decade while guaranteeing quality hospice care.
On April 11, the Board of Health enacted regulations requiring any organization or agency representing itself as a hospice providing a coordinated program of home and inpatient care to terminally ill patients to be licensed. Hospices have a minimum of six months from the effective date to apply for licensure.
Section 32.1-162.1 of the Code of Virginia determines that a hospice must utilize a medically directed interdisciplinary team “meeting the physical, psychological, social, spiritual and other special needs which are experienced during the final stages of illness, during dying and bereavement.”
Licensure grants the Commonwealth jurisdiction over the provision of services a hospice offers to the public. It ensures the public that it can expect the full range of Hospice services.
On Aug. 28, Hospice of the Rapidan Inc., serving Orange, Madison, Culpeper and Rappahannock counties was surveyed and recommended for licensure approval. Only three of 42 Virginia hospices are recommended for licensure at this time.
Executive Director of Hospice of the Rapidan and Chairman of the
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