This customizable document, Ethics Committee, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Ethics Committee:

	PURPOSE: The Home Care Ethics Committee is established to provide a forum to review ethical issues impacting home care services provided by this organization. Patients/Caregivers are provided with written information about the Ethics Committee on admission. POLICY: The Ethics Committee shall have a minimum of five 5 members. The membership shall include at least the following: Physician Community representative Organization management Home Care clinician Pastoral Care pastor, minister, rabbi, etc. The Ethics Committee shall meet, as needed, to assure timely review of situations that...
Second excerpt:
	...convening of the Ethics Committee, the staff member shall contact the Clinical Supervisor/Director Patient Care Services/Operations Manager. The Clinical Supervisor/Director Patient Care Services/Operations Manager shall contact the Chairperson of the Committee who will schedule a meeting of the Ethics Committee. The patient, or his/her family, may request a convening of the Ethics Committee to discuss what they feel constitutes an ethical issue by notifying the nurse/therapist caring for...