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Series 64-12 - Hospital Licensure
Section 64-12-17 - Specialized Hospitals

W. Va. Code R. § 64-12-17

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Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 44, November 1, 2024
Section 64-12-17 - Specialized Hospitals
17.1. Long-Term Acute Care Hospital.
17.1.1. To be licensed as a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, a hospital shall:
17.1.1.a. Be devoted exclusively to the care of patients requiring hospitalization because of prolonged illness or who are acutely ill and not in need of general acute hospital care but who do require continuing medical care, skilled nursing care, and related medical services; and
17.1.1.b. Have a professional staff qualified in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases.
17.1.2. The hospital shall surrender the license of any acute care beds used in the development of the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital.
17.1.3. If the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital ceases to exist, terminates its services, or fails to offer its services for a period of 12 months, any beds whose license was surrendered by the hospital to establish the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital shall revert back to the hospital's licensed bed capacity.
17.1.4. Meet all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' requirements relating to a Long- Term Acute Care Hospital.
17.2. Psychiatric Hospital.

To be licensed as a psychiatric hospital, a hospital shall:

17.2.1. Be devoted exclusively to the care of psychiatric patients;
17.2.2. Have professional personnel especially qualified in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders;
17.2.3. Have adequate facilities for the protection of the patients and staff;
17.2.4. Meet the requirements for a hospital; and
17.2.5. Be in compliance with requirements at 42 C.F.R. §482.61 and §482.62.
17.3. Rehabilitation Hospital.

To be licensed as a rehabilitation hospital a hospital shall:

17.3.1. Be devoted exclusively to the care of patients requiring rehabilitation services and therapies;
17.3.2. Have professional personnel especially qualified in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions requiring these services and therapies; and
17.3.3. Meet the requirements for a hospital pursuant to this rule.
17.4. Rural Emergency Hospital.
17.4.1. To be licensed as a rural emergency hospital, a hospital shall:
17.4.1.a. Be enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare;
17.4.1.b. Have a transfer agreement in effect with a Level I or Level II trauma center;
17.4.1.c. Have a staffed emergency department 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with staffing requirements like those in section 16 of this rule for Critical Access Hospitals;
17.4.1.d. A physician as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. §1395x(r) or nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or physician assistant as those terms are defined in 42 U.S.C. §1395x(aa)(5) available to provide rural emergency hospital services in the facility 24 hours a day;
17.4.1.e. Meet the requirements of a hospital pursuant to W. Va. Code §16-5B-1, et seq. and this rule;
17.4.1.f. Not exceed an annual per patient average of 24 hour of services; and
17.4.1.g. Not provide any acute care inpatient hospital services, other post-hospital extended care services provided in a distinct part unit licensed as a skilled nursing facility.
17.4.2. Rural emergency hospitals may furnish outpatient and other medical services in conformity with this rule and the requirements of W. Va. Code §16-5B-1, et seq.
17.4.3. Rural emergency hospitals must meet all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' requirements relating to Critical Access Hospitals related to emergency services and hospital emergency departments.

W. Va. Code R. § 64-12-17