7 AAC 12.102. Determination of rural primary care hospital

(a) The department will consider a facility as a rural health primary care hospital, if the department finds that the facility

(1) provides inpatient hospitalization for medical care of acute illness or injury;

(2) has no more than 25 acute care beds;

(3) is located in a rural area of no more than 10,000 residents based on calculations of the United States Bureau of Census; and

(4) does not provide all of the following services:

(A) surgical service;

(B) anesthesia service;

(D) one or more of the following therapies:

(i) speech therapy;

(ii) occupational therapy;

(iii) physical therapy.

(b) If the facility provides all of the services described in 7 AAC 12.105(a) , the department will consider the facility as a general acute care hospital even though it otherwise might qualify as a rural primary care hospital under this section.

History: Eff. 5/4/97, Register 142

Authority: AS 18.20.010

AS 18.20.060

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