Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a)
Location
1) An ambulatory surgical treatment
center shall be identifiably separate from other facilities and
functions.
2) An ambulatory
surgical treatment center may be located within an institution or building
which is not primarily devoted to ambulatory surgery and may share facilities
and functions with other portions of the institution or building as provided in
Sections
205.1350(a)
and
205.1390(e).
Such centers shall be separated from other portions of the institution or
building by at least a one-hour fire separation. Such centers may be located in
a physician's office, group practice clinic, or other type of office building,
unless routine traffic flow and operation of the other facilities located in
the institution or building would interfere with the operation of the
center.
b) Narrative
Program
1) The sponsor for each project shall
provide a narrative program of functions for the facility which contains space
requirements, staffing patterns, departmental relationships and other basic
information relating to the fulfillment of the institution's objectives. This
may be a general or detailed description of each function to be performed,
space needed for these functions, hours of operation, number of staff or other
occupants of the various spaces, types of equipment required, interrelationship
of various functions and spaces, and description of those services necessary
for the complete functioning of the facility but which are available elsewhere
in the community and, therefore, need not be duplicated in this facility. The
narrative program shall explain the type of surgery or procedures, the volume
of work, the number of doctors, and the number of other staff.
2) If the center is located in an institution
or building which is not primarily devoted to ambulatory surgery, the narrative
program shall describe the nature of any other offices and functions located in
the institution or building and any steps which will be necessary to insure
that routine traffic and operation of such offices and functions do not
interfere with the operation of the center.
c) Size. The extent (number and types) of the
diagnostic, clinical, and administrative facilities to be provided shall be
determined by the services contemplated and the estimated patient load as
described in the narrative program.
d) Provisions for the Handicapped. The design
shall provide for accessibility by physically handicapped persons (public,
staff, and patients).
e) Privacy
for Patient. The design of the facility shall provide for the privacy and
dignity of the patient during interview, examination, and treatment.
f)
An ambulatory surgical treatment
center licensed under the Act shall make reasonable efforts to
have activated at all times the close captioning feature on a television in a
common area provided for use by the general public or in a patient's room, or
enable the closed captioning feature when requested to do so by a member of the
general public or a patient, if the television includes a closed captioning
feature. As used in this subsection (f), "closed captioning"
means a text display of spoken words presented on a television that allows a
deaf or hard of hearing viewer to follow the dialogue and the action of a
program simultaneously.
1)
It
is not a violation of this subsection (f) if the closed
captioning feature is deactivated by a member of the ambulatory surgical
treatment center's staff after such feature is enabled in a common area or in a
patient's room unless the deactivation of the closed captioning feature is
knowing and intentional. It is not a violation of this subsection (f)
if the closed captioning feature is deactivated by a member of the
general public, a patient, or a member of the ambulatory surgical treatment
center's staff at the request of a patient of the ambulatory surgical treatment
center.
2)
If the
ambulatory surgical treatment center does not have a television that includes a
closed captioning feature, then the ambulatory surgical treatment
center shall ensure that all televisions obtained for common
areas and patient rooms include a closed captioning feature. This
subsection (f) does not affect any other provision of law relating to
disability discrimination or providing reasonable accommodations or diminish
the rights of a person with a disability under any other law. (Section
7c of the Act)