7 AAC 12.104. Determination of critical access hospital

(a) The department will consider a facility as a critical access hospital, if the department finds that the facility

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

(2) has no more than 25 inpatient beds, and the number of beds used at any time for acute care inpatient services does not exceed 15 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) meets the applicable requirements of 7 AAC 12.100 - 7 AAC 12.190 and 7 AAC 12.600 - 7 AAC 12.990.

(b) If a facility provides all of the services described in 7 AAC 12.105(a) , the facility may elect to be licensed as either a general acute care hospital or a critical access hospital.

(c) If a facility qualifies both as a rural primary care hospital under 7 AAC 12.102 and as a critical access hospital under this section, the facility may elect to be licensed as either a rural primary care hospital or a critical access hospital.

History: Eff. 9/1/2000, Register 155

Authority: AS 18.20.010

AS 18.20.060

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