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UNOFFICIAL 1737-117 (B) A description of the functional level of the patient; (C) Objectives to be achieved by the plan of care; (D) Any orders for medications, treatments, restorative, and rehabilitative services, activities, therapies, social services, therapeutic diet, and special

procedures recommended for the health and safety of the patient; (E) Plans for continuing care, including review and modification to the plan of care; (F) Plans for discharge, including responsible family member or care givers; and (G) The attending or staff physician and other personnel involved in the recipients care shall review each plan of care at least every thirty days. [Eff 11/25/96 ] (Auth: §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §431.10) (Imp: HRS§346-14; 42 C.F.R. 431.10, 440.50, 456.60, 456.80, 456.250)

§17-1737-120 Subacute patient care characteristics. (a) To qualify for subacute level of care under group I, patients, age twenty-one years and older, must be medically stable and require continuous mechanical ventilation for at least fifty per cent of each day.

(b) To qualify for subacute level of care under group II, non-ventilator patients, age twenty-one years and older, who require a higher level of service than SNF, but who do not require acute hospital care, must be medically stable and require the following services: (1) Tracheostomy care with suctioning required at least once an hour; (2) Any combination of mechanical ventilation, tracheostomy care with suctioning and inhalation treatment with or without oxygen at least once a shift; (3) Total parenteral nutrition; (4) Continuous intravenous therapy for the administration of therapeutic agents or hydration, or intermittent IV therapy for the administration of therapeutic drugs at least once a shift through a peripheral or central line or both. Therapeutic agents are to