Minnesota Administrative Rules

4658.0205 PROCEDURE AT DEATH.

When a resident dies in a nursing home, the administrator, nurse, or other employee designated by the administrator must contact a relative, guardian, legal representative, other person designated in writing by the resident, or the placement agency regarding the death and the desired funeral arrangements. The body must be accorded privacy until removed from the nursing home. Where reasonably possible, no body may remain in a nursing home for more than 12 hours.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.04; 144A.08

History:

21 SR 196

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007