N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33C-2.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 8:33C-2.1 - Establishment of maternal and child health service regions

(a) Every MCHC shall have a designated maternal and child health service region which shall define the scope of the MCHC's coverage area.

(b) To be designated as a maternal and child health service region, a region must include all of the following:

1. A distribution of perinatal and pediatric providers within a geographically contiguous region that will enable the development of a rational and cohesive network of services, in accordance with the requirements set forth in this chapter;

2. A sufficient network of hospital members, with a three-year documented history of transfer relationships, to deliver a minimum of 10,000 women a year. The MCHC shall demonstrate conformity with these volume criteria by using data provided by the Department for the last three consecutive years of data available or the most recent year which is consistently applied to the review of all certificate of need applications within a region. The Commissioner may, at his or her discretion, grant a waiver to the delivery requirement of 10,000 women a year, if the applicant has been able to provide quantifiable evidence of severe problems of access to needed perinatal services due to geographic isolation. However, in no case shall a waiver be granted where the number of deliveries is below 8,000 women per year; and

3. At least one hospital in the region designated as a Regional Perinatal Center plus a geographically balanced distribution of Community Prenatal Centers of all levels.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33C-2.1