Industry Note:
State Bill Would Require Hospices To Destroy Pain Meds
Published on Fri Feb 09, 2018
Hospice providers in Kentucky may have a new duty added to their already full plates. Hospices would have to adopt policies and procedures for the disposal of powerful prescription painkillers following a patient's death, reports the Associated Press. Patients would have to sign a form allowing the hospice to destroy the meds after the patient's death, or the hospice would [...]