10A N.C. Admin. Code 14C.2403

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

Section 14C .2403 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

(a) An applicant proposing to add intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID) beds to an existing facility shall not be approved unless the average occupancy, over the six months immediately preceding the submittal of the application, of the total number of ICF/IID beds within the facility in which the new beds are to be operated was at least 90 percent.

(b) An applicant proposing to establish new ICF/IID beds shall not be approved unless occupancy is projected to be at least 90 percent for the total number of ICF/IID beds proposed to be operated in the entire facility, no later than one year following the completion of the proposed project.

(c) An applicant proposing to establish new ICF/IID beds shall comply with one of the following models:

(1) a residential community based freestanding facility with six beds or less, i.e., group home model; or

(2) a community-based facility with 7 to 15 beds if documentation is provided that a facility of this size is necessary because adequate residential community based freestanding facilities are not available in the Area Authority catchment area to meet the needs of the population to be served.

(d) No more than three ICF/IID facilities housing a combined total of 18 persons shall be developed on contiguous pieces of property.

10A N.C. Admin. Code 14C .2403

Authority G.S. 131E-177(1); 131E-177(5); 131E-183;
Eff. November 1, 1996;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2003;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2004;
Readopted Eff. January 1, 2022.

Authority G.S. 131E-177(1), (5); 131E-183;
Eff. November 1, 1996;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2003;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2004.

Readopted by North Carolina Register Volume 36, Issue 15, February 1, 2022 effective 1/1/2022.