Section He-Hea 303.05 - Standard Relating to Quality of Care Issues(a) Applicants shall demonstrate that services will be provided safely and efficiently by providing with the application:(1) Compliance with mandates from state, federal and accrediting agencies in terms of physical plant and service delivery in the form of copies of inspection surveys and reports;(2) If applicable, a copy of the plan of action to correct the deficiencies cited by governmental and/or accrediting agencies;(3) A copy of an existing or proposed quality assurance plan to enhance the delivery of services;(4) Evidence of the effectiveness of any existing quality assurance program of the applicant or any affiliate;(5) An evaluation of the quality of any equipment or technology to be used or purchased in connection with the project, as compared to other available technologies or equipment described in He-Hea 303.02(f); and(6) A report in the application which details how services are or will be located in an environment that is free of excessive noise, dust, hazards or other problems which may be detrimental to patients in terms of safety and comfort.(b) Applicants shall provide a signed statement by the applicant within the application that: (1) No current officer manager, director or trustee, of the applicant or its parent and no facility owned or operated by the applicant, its parent or any officer, manager, director or trustee of the applicant or affiliate has had its operating license revoked, Medicare or Medicaid certification or participation involuntarily terminated and such license or participation has not been reinstated; nor has the applicant, parent organization, affiliated organization or current officer, manager, director or trustee been found liable of civil or criminal Medicare or Medicaid fraud;(2) Neither the applicant nor any affiliate has been convicted or found liable for a pattern of patient abuse; and(3) Agreements between the applicant and any other person relating to the proposed service are not inconsistent with a reasonable interpretation of any federal or state anti-referral or fraud and abuse prohibitions.(c) Applicants who are unable to provide the signed statement described in He-Hea 303.05(c) or a similar signed statement described in any standard applicable to any specific institutional health service shall provide:(1) A signed statement setting forth the facts and circumstances which are inconsistent with the content of the statement described in He-Hea 303.05(c) or other standard;(2) Evidence which demonstrates that the inconsistent facts and circumstances shall not affect the integrity of the applicant's services provided by this project; and(3) A signed statement containing as much of the content of the statement described in He-Hea 303.05(c) or other standard as is true.N.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 303.05
#7139, eff 11-23-99, EXPIRED: 11-23-07
New. #9075-B, eff 1-24-08
Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 19, Filed May 12, 2016, Proposed by #11081-B, Effective 4/23/2016, Expires 4/23/2026.