N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 8:43G-1.3 - Classification of institutions

(a) Hospitals shall be classified generally as:

1. Private, non-profit, which shall include any hospital owned and operated by a corporation, association, religious or other organization, no part of the net earnings of which is applied, or may lawfully be applied, to the benefit of any private shareholder or person;

2. Private proprietary or profit, which shall include any hospital owned and operated by a person, partnership or corporation, the net proceeds of which are subject to distribution for the benefit of such person, corporation or shareholders; and

3. Public hospital, which shall include any institution maintained, supervised or controlled by an agency of the government of the State or any county or municipality that provides diagnostic and/or treatment services for the care of two or more non-related individuals suffering from illness, injury or deformity.

(b) Hospitals shall be further classified as:

1. General hospital, which shall include any hospital which maintains and operates organized facilities and services for the diagnosis, treatment or care of persons suffering from acute illness, injury or deformity and in which all diagnosis, treatment and care are administered by or performed under the direction of persons licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of New Jersey;

2. Special hospitals, which shall include any hospital which assures provision of comprehensive specialized diagnosis, care, treatment and rehabilitation where applicable on an inpatient basis for one or more specific categories and for a hospital that provides long term acute care through a broad spectrum of clinical care services for acutely ill/medically complex patients requiring, on average, a 25-day or greater length of stay. Special hospitals do not include hospitals or hospital units providing comprehensive rehabilitation services and licensed in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:43H. Special hospitals providing long term acute care services shall be further classified as follows:

i. Long term acute care hospital-within-a-hospital means a hospital established in accordance with the standards imposed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services at 42 CFR Part 412 et al. that occupies space in a building also used by another hospital and is licensed as a special hospital in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43G-38.

ii. Long term acute care hospital-freestanding means a hospital established in accordance with the standards imposed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services at 42 CFR Part 412 et al. that is a physically separate self-contained facility and is licensed as a special hospital in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43G-38; and

3. Psychiatric hospital, which shall include any hospital which assures provision of comprehensive specialized diagnosis, care, treatment and rehabilitation where applicable on an in-patient basis for patients with primary psychiatric diagnoses.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-1.3

Amended by R.1995 d.124, effective 3/20/1995.
See: 26 New Jersey Register 4537(a), 27 New Jersey Register 1290(a).
Amended by R.2003 d.49, effective 1/21/2003.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 490(a), 35 New Jersey Register 414(a).
Rewrote (b)2.