Treatment Orders and Verbal Orders

Sets how the Agency obtains, takes, records, carries out, and gets signed the treatment orders of physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses, including verbal and telephone orders, orders given before the start of care, changes when an order cannot be followed, fax and electronic signatures, the Agency's time frame for practitioner signature, the rule that signed orders come before billing, written medication orders for aides, and the federal verbal order standards for a Medicare-certified agency.