New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter V - Medical Facilities
Subchapter C - State Hospital Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
Part 709 - Determination Of Public Need For Medical Facility Construction
Section 709.11 - Inpatient rehabilitation programs for traumatic brain-injured patients
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
(a) This methodology will be utilized to evaluate certificate of need applications involving the initiation of inpatient rehabilitation programs for traumatic brain-injured patients. It is the intent of the State Hospital Review and Planning Council that this methodology, when used in conjunction with the planning standards and criteria set forth in section 709.1 of this Part, become a statement of planning principles and decisionmaking tools for directing the distribution of inpatient rehabilitation programs for traumatic brain-injured patients. The goals and objectives of the methodology expressed herein are expected to ensure that an adequate number of inpatient traumatic brain-injured rehabilitation programs and beds are available to provide access to care and avoid the unnecessary duplication of resources.
(b) Inpatient rehabilitation programs for traumatic brain-injured patients are intensive rehabilitation programs designed to prevent and/or minimize chronic disabilities while restoring the individual to the optimal level of physical, cognitive, and behavioral functioning. These programs are applicable to those individuals who have severe disabling impairments of recent onset and are able to participate daily (at least five days per week) in multi-disciplinary programs for a minimum of three hours per day.
(c) The factors and methodology for determining the public need for inpatient rehabilitation programs for traumatic brain-injured patients shall include, but not be limited to, the following: