North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter K - HOSPICE LICENSING RULES
Section .1100 - HOSPICE RESIDENTIAL CARE
Section 13K .1112 - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) A new facility or remodeling of an existing facility shall meet the requirements of the North Carolina State Building Codes, which are incorporated by reference, including all subsequent amendments and editions, in effect at the time of licensure, construction, additions, alterations, or repairs. Copies of these codes may be purchased from the International Code Council online at https://shop.iccsafe.org/ at a cost of eight hundred fifty-eight dollars ($858.00) or accessed electronically free of charge at https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes/north-carolina. Existing licensed facilities shall meet the requirements of the North Carolina State Building Codes in effect at the time of licensure, construction, or remodeling.
(b) Each facility shall be planned, constructed, and equipped to support the services to be offered in the facility.
(c) Any existing building converted to a hospice facility shall meet all requirements of a new facility.
(d) The sanitation, water supply, sewage disposal, and dietary facilities shall meet the requirements of 15A NCAC 18A.1300, which is incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments.
Authority
G.S.
131E-202;
Eff. June 1,
1991;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. December 22, 2018;
Amended Eff.
October 1, 2021.