North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter B - LICENSING OF HOSPITALS
Section .6100 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 13B .6105 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE AND APPLICATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FGI GUIDELINES

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 13B .6105

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) For the purposes of Sections.6000 through.6200 of this Subchapter, the Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities shall be referred to as the FGI Guidelines.

(b) The FGI Guidelines are incorporated herein by reference, including all subsequent amendments and editions; however, the following chapters of the FGI Guidelines shall not be incorporated herein by reference:

(1) Chapter 3.1;

(2) Chapter 3.2;

(3) Chapter 3.3;

(4) Chapter 3.4;

(5) Chapter 3.5;

(6) Chapter 3.6;

(7) Chapter 3.7;

(8) Chapter 3.8;

(9) Chapter 3.9;

(10) Chapter 3.10;

(11) Chapter 3.11;

(12) Chapter 3.12; and

(13) Chapter 3.14.

(c) The FGI Guidelines incorporated by this Rule may be purchased from the Facility Guidelines Institute online at https://www.fgiguidelines.org/guidelines-main/purchase/ at a cost of two hundred dollars ($200.00) or accessed electronically free of charge at https://www.fgiguidelines.org/guidelines-main/.

(d) A new facility or any additions or alterations to an existing facility whose construction documents were approved by the Construction Section on or after January 1, 2018 shall meet the requirements set forth in:

(1) Sections.6000 through.6200 of this Subchapter; and

(2) the edition of the FGI Guidelines that was in effect at the time the construction documents were approved by the Construction Section.

(e) An existing facility whose construction documents were approved by the Construction Section prior to January 1, 2018 shall meet those standards established in Sections.6000 through.6200 of this Subchapter that were in effect at the time the construction documents were approved by the Construction Section.

(f) Any existing building converted from another use to a new facility shall meet the requirements of Paragraph (d) of this Rule.

(g) Previous versions of the Rules of Sections.6000 through.6200 of this Subchapter can be accessed online at https://www.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/const/index.html.

Authority G.S. 131E-79; S.L. 2017-174;
Temporary Adoption Eff. December 1, 2017;
Eff. March 21, 2019.

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