(a) A medical respite service provider's decision to terminate, suspend, or transfer a client receiving medical respite services because the client no longer requires such services shall be based on the determination of a licensed medical professional.
(b) Before transferring, suspending, or terminating a client from medical respite services for non-medical reasons, the provider shall consult with a licensed medical professional.
(c) Section 4-754.11(a)(16) and (18) and §§ 4-754.34, 4-754.35, 4-754.36, 4-754.36a, 4-754.37, 4-754.38, 4-754.39, 4-754.41, and 4-754.42 shall not apply where the placement of a client receiving medical respite services is terminated, suspended, or transferred, because the client no longer requires medical respite services.
(Oct. 22, 2005, D.C. Law 16-35, § 29a.)
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 2(c) of Medical Respite Services Exemption Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 (D.C. Act 21-629, Jan. 24, 2017, 64 DCR 905).
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 2(c) of Medical Respite Services Exemption Emergency Amendment Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-195, Nov. 29, 2017, 64 DCR 12407).
For temporary (225 days) addition of this section, see § 2(c) of Medical Respite Services Exemption Temporary Amendment Act of 2017 (D.C. Law 22-51, Jan. 27, 2018, 64 DCR 12549).
For temporary (225 days) creation of this section, see § 2(c) of Medical Respite Services Exemption Temporary Amendment Act of 2017 (D.C. Law 21-245, Apr. 7, 2017, 64 DCR 1618).
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