048-12 Wyo. Code R. § 12-18 - Social Services

There shall be policies and procedures for the social services' staff and its functions.

(a) Social services shall be under the direction of a qualified social worker.

(b) Social services and other hospital services shall perform as an integrated unit.

(i) Social services shall participate in appropriate in-service training programs and conferences.

(c) Records of social services' activity related to individual patients shall be kept and be available to the appropriate professional personnel concerned.

(i) Functions and activities recorded shall include, as appropriate:

(A) Medical social study of referred patients;

(B) Evaluation of financial status of the patients;

(C) Follow-up of discharged patients;

(D) Social therapy and rehabilitation of patients;

(E) Environmental investigations for the attending physicians;

(F) Participation on care transitions team; and

(G) Cooperative activities with community agencies.

(ii) Significant social services' summaries shall be entered promptly in the patient's central medical record for the benefit of all staff involved in the care of the patient.

(d) Adequate work areas shall be provided for social services' staff which is easily accessible to patients and to the medical staff, and shall assure privacy for interviews.

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048-12 Wyo. Code R. § 12-18

Amended, Eff. 3/1/2023.