Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-104 - Specialty Hospital-Long-Term Acute Care
Section R432-104-3 - License
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-104-3
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) To be licensed as an LTAC hospital, the facility shall:
(a) have a constituted
governing body with overall administrative and professional
responsibility;
(b) have an
organized medical staff that provides 24-hour inpatient care;
(c) have a chief executive officer to whom
the governing body delegates responsibility for operation of the hospital;
and
(d) maintain at least one
nursing unit containing patient rooms, patient care spaces, and service spaces
defined in construction Rule R432-10.
(2) Each nursing unit shall contain at least six patient beds in rooms and spaces that are organized in a contiguous arrangement.
(3) The LTAC licensee shall provide onsite basic services required of a general hospital that are needed for the diagnosis, therapy, and treatment offered or required by any patient admitted to the hospital, and the following:
(a) current and complete medical
records;
(b) continuous registered
nurse and nursing services supervision;
(c) pharmacy services;
(d) laboratory services;
(e) nursing services;
(f) occupational, physical, respiratory and
speech therapies;
(g) dietary
services;
(h) social services;
and
(i) specialized diagnosis and
therapeutic services.
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