Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) An applicant
proposing to acquire fixed cardiac catheterization equipment pursuant to a need
determination in the annual State Medical Facilities Plan in effect as of the
first day of the review period shall:
(1)
identify the existing fixed cardiac catheterization equipment owned or operated
by the applicant or a related entity and located in the proposed fixed cardiac
catheterization equipment service area;
(2) identify the approved fixed cardiac
catheterization equipment owned or operated by the applicant or a related
entity and located in the proposed fixed cardiac catheterization equipment
service area;
(3) provide projected
utilization of the cardiac catheterization equipment identified in
Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this Paragraph and the proposed fixed cardiac
catheterization equipment during each of the first three full fiscal years of
operation following completion of the project;
(4) provide the assumptions and methodology
used to project the utilization required by Subparagraph (3) of this Paragraph;
and
(5) project that the cardiac
catheterization equipment identified in Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this
Paragraph and the proposed fixed cardiac catheterization equipment shall
perform 900 or more diagnostic-equivalent cardiac catheterization procedures
per unit of cardiac catheterization equipment during the third full fiscal year
of operation following completion of the project.
(b) An applicant proposing to acquire shared
fixed cardiac catheterization equipment pursuant to a need determination in the
annual State Medical Facilities Plan in effect as of the first day of the
review period shall:
(1) provide projected
utilization of the proposed shared fixed cardiac catheterization equipment
during each of the first three full fiscal years of operation following
completion of the project;
(2)
provide the assumptions and methodology used to project the utilization
required by Subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph; and
(3) project that the proposed shared fixed
cardiac catheterization equipment shall perform 225 or more
diagnostic-equivalent cardiac catheterization and angiography procedures during
the third full fiscal year of operation following completion of the
project.
(c) An
applicant proposing to acquire mobile cardiac catheterization equipment
pursuant to a need determination in the State Medical Facilities Plan in effect
as of the first day of the review period shall:
(1) identify the existing mobile cardiac
catheterization equipment owned or operated by the applicant or a related
entity that provides cardiac catheterization services at host sites located in
the proposed mobile cardiac catheterization equipment service area;
(2) identify the approved mobile cardiac
catheterization equipment owned or operated by the applicant or a related
entity that will provide cardiac catheterization services at host sites located
in the proposed mobile cardiac catheterization equipment service
area;
(3) provide projected
utilization of the cardiac catheterization equipment identified in
Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this Paragraph and the proposed mobile cardiac
catheterization equipment during each of the first three full fiscal years of
operation following completion of the project;
(4) provide the assumptions and methodology
used to project the utilization required by Subparagraph (3) of this Paragraph;
and
(5) project that the cardiac
catheterization equipment identified in Subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this
Paragraph and the proposed mobile cardiac catheterization equipment shall
perform 225 or more diagnostic-equivalent cardiac catheterization procedures
per unit of cardiac catheterization equipment during the third full fiscal year
of operation following completion of the project.
Authority
G.S.
131E-177(1);
131E-183(b);
Eff. January 1, 1987;
Temporary Amendment Eff. September 1, 1993
for a period of 180 days or until the permanent rule becomes effective,
whichever is sooner;
Amended Eff. November 1, 1996; February 1,
1994;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 1999;
Temporary Eff. January 1, 1999 Expired on October 12, 1999;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2000;
Temporary Amendment
effective January 1, 2000 amends and replaces a permanent rulemaking originally
proposed to be effective August 2000;
Temporary Amendment Eff.
January 1, 2001;
Temporary Amendment effective January 1, 2001
amends and replaces a permanent rulemaking originally proposed to be effective
April 1, 2001;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1,
2002;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2002;
Temporary Amendment
effective January 1, 2002 amends and replaces the permanent rule effective
August 1, 2002;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2003;
Temporary
Amendment Eff. February 1, 2006;
Amended Eff. November 1,
2006;
Readopted Eff. January 1,
2022.
