{"ref":"CA-HSP-PR-04","title":"California End of Life Option Act","category":"Client rights","summary":"States the Agency's position on the California End of Life Option Act (medical aid in dying), which the governing body chooses and records on Form CA-HSP-PR-04-B; how staff and contractors are given notice of it when they join and every year; how staff respond to a patient who asks about the Act; and the protections that apply whichever position the Agency takes, including that hospice care continues.","inShort":["Know the Agency's position on the End of Life Option Act. It is on the notice you signed and on the Agency's website.","If a patient asks about medical aid in dying, listen, answer honestly and tell the patient's nurse the same day.","Giving information or a referral is allowed. Never pressure a patient either way.","Never help a patient swallow an aid-in-dying drug, and do not handle or store it.","Hospice care continues no matter what the patient decides."],"primaryCitation":"Cal. Health & Safety Code §443.15","citations":["Cal. Health & Safety Code §443 et seq.","Cal. Health & Safety Code §443.1","Cal. Health & Safety Code §443.14","Cal. Health & Safety Code §443.15","22 CCR §74880(d)(5)(B)(iv)"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["What is your agency's policy on the End of Life Option Act, and where is it posted?","How and when were your staff and contractors told about it?"],"forms":[{"ref":"CA-HSP-PR-04-A","title":"Notice of the Agency's End of Life Option Act Policy"},{"ref":"CA-HSP-PR-04-B","title":"Staff and Contractor Notice of End of Life Option Act Policy"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Health & Safety Code §443.15)","5. The Governing Body's Choice","6. Notice and Posting","7. When a Patient Asks About the Act","8. Individual Clinicians Who Do Not Participate","9. What Staff Do Under Each Position","10. Protections and Continuity of Care","11. Responsibilities","12. Records and Compliance Monitoring","13. Staff Training","14. References","15. Related Policies and Forms","16. Approval","17. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"ca-hospice","state":"California","service":"Hospice","guides":[{"path":"/guides/hospice-policies/","h1":"What policies are required for hospice?"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Hospice Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}