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 .1700 - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR OPEN-HEART SURGERY SERVICES AND HEART-LUNG BYPASS MACHINES
Section 14C .1701 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to all rules in this Section:
(1) "Approved heart-lung bypass machine" means a heart-lung bypass machine that was issued a certificate of need but is not being used as of the application deadline for the review period.
(2) "Existing heart-lung bypass machine" means a heart-lung bypass machine that is being used as of the application deadline for the review period.
(3) "Health service facility" shall have the same meaning as defined in G.S. 131E-176(9b).
(4) "Heart-lung bypass machine" shall have the same meaning as defined in G.S. 131E-176(10a).
(5) "Open-heart surgical procedure" means one visit by a patient to an operating room for open heart surgery services.
(6) "Open-heart surgery services" shall have the same meaning as defined in G.S. 131E-176(18b).
(7) "Proposed heart-lung bypass machine" means the heart-lung bypass machine proposed in the application under review.
Authority
G.S.
131E-177(1);
131E-183(b);
Eff. January 1, 1987;
Amended Eff. November 1, 1989;
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; January 4, 1994;
Temporary Amendment Eff.
January 1, 1999;
Temporary Eff. January 1, 1999 Expired on October
12, 1999;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2000 and shall expire
on the date on which the permanent amendment to this Rule, approved by the
Rules Review Commission on November 17, 1999, becomes effective;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2000;
Temporary Amendment Eff. March 1,
2010;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2013; November 1, 2010;
Readopted Eff. January 1, 2022.
