North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation
Subchapter C - CERTIFICATE OF NEED REGULATIONS
Section .1400 - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR LEVEL IV NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE SERVICES
Section 14C .1403 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 14C .1403

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

(a) An applicant proposing to develop a new Level IV neonatal intensive care service without increasing the total number of acute care beds on the hospital license shall:

(1) provide projected utilization of the proposed NICU beds during each of the first three full fiscal years of operation following completion of the project;

(2) document that the occupancy rate for the proposed NICU beds shall be at least 65 percent during the third full fiscal year of operation following completion of the project; and

(3) provide the assumptions and methodology used for the projected utilization and occupancy rate required by Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this Paragraph.

(b) An applicant proposing to develop a new Level IV neonatal intensive care service or increase the number of NICU beds on the hospital license shall:

(1) provide projected utilization of all existing, approved, and proposed NICU beds on the hospital license during each of the first three full fiscal years of operation following completion of the project;

(2) document that the occupancy rate for all existing, approved, and proposed NICU beds on the hospital license shall be at least 65 percent during the third full fiscal year of operation following completion of the project; and

(3) provide the assumptions and methodology used for the projected utilization and occupancy rate required by Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this Paragraph.

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