New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter V - Medical Facilities
Subchapter A - Medical Facilities-minimum Standards
Article 1 - General
Part 400 - All Facilities-General Requirements
Section 400.10 - Health provider network access and reporting requirements
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
The operator of a facility shall obtain from the department's health provider network (HPN), HPN accounts for each facility he or she operates and ensure that sufficient, knowledgeable staff will be available to and shall maintain and keep current such accounts. At a minimum, 24-hour, seven-day-a-week contacts for emergency communication and alerts must be designated by each facility in the HPN communications directory. A policy defining the facility's HPN coverage consistent with the facility's hours of operation, shall be created and reviewed by the facility no less than annually. Maintenance of each facility's HPN accounts shall consist of, at a minimum, the following:
(a) sufficient designation of the facility's HPN coordinator(s) to allow for HPN individual user application;
(b) designation by the facility operator of sufficient staff users of the HPN accounts to ensure rapid response to requests for information by the State and/or local Department of Health;
(c) adherence to the requirements of the HPN user contract; and
(d) current and complete updates of the communications directory reflecting changes that include, but are not limited to, general information and personnel role changes as soon as they occur, and at a minimum, on a monthly basis.
