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NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESChapter 14 - DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF HEALTH SERVICE REGULATIONSubchapter C - CERTIFICATE OF NEED REGULATIONS
Section .4000 - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR HOSPICE INPATIENT FACILITIES AND HOSPICE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
Section 14C .4003 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

10A N.C. Admin. Code 14C.4003

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Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 9, November 1, 2024
Section 14C .4003 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
(a) An applicant proposing to develop new hospice inpatient facility beds pursuant to a need determination in the annual State Medical Facilities Plan in effect as of the first day of the review period shall:
(1) provide projected utilization of all existing, approved, and proposed hospice inpatient facility beds on the license during each of the first three full fiscal years of operation following completion of the project;
(2) project that the occupancy rate for all existing, approved, and proposed hospice inpatient facility beds on the license shall be at least 65 percent during the third full fiscal year of operation following completion of the project; and
(3) provide the assumptions and methodology used to provide the projected utilization and occupancy rate required by Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this Paragraph.
(b) An applicant proposing to develop new hospice residential care facility beds shall:
(1) provide projected utilization of all existing, approved, and proposed hospice residential care facility beds on the license during each of the first three full fiscal years of operation following completion of the project;
(2) project that the occupancy rate for all existing, approved, and proposed hospice residential care facility beds on the license shall be at least 65 percent during the third full fiscal year of operation following completion of the project; and
(3) provide the assumptions and methodology used to provide the projected utilization and occupancy rate required by Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this Paragraph.

10A N.C. Admin. Code 14C .4003

Authority G.S. 131E-177(1); 131E-183(b);
Temporary Adoption Eff. February 1, 2006;
Eff. November 1, 2006;
Temporary Amendment Eff. February 1, 2008;
Amended Eff. November 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. January 1, 2023.
Authority G.S. 131E-177(1); 131E-183(b);
Temporary Adoption Eff. February 1, 2006;
Eff. November 1, 2006;
Temporary Amendment Eff. February 1, 2008;
Amended Eff. November 1, 2008.
Readopted by North Carolina Register Volume 37, Issue 15, February 1, 2023 effective 1/1/2023.