Ala. Admin. Code r. 410-1-2-.05

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 410-1-2-.05 - Health Care Facility

(1) Such term shall include: General and specialized hospitals, including tuberculosis, psychiatric, long term care and other types of hospitals; and related facilities; such as laboratories; outpatient clinics and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals; skilled nursing facilities; intermediate care facilities; skilled or intermediate care units operated in veteran's nursing homes and veterans' homes, owned or operated by the State Department of Veterans' Affairs, as these terms are described in Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 31-5 A-1) of Title 31; rehabilitation centers; public health centers; facilities for surgical treatment of patients not requiring hospitalization; kidney disease treatment centers, including freestanding hemodialysis units; community mental health centers and related facilities; alcohol and drug abuse facilities; facilities for the developmentally disabled; hospice service providers; and home health agencies and health maintenance organizations.

(2) The term "health care facility" shall not include any of the following:

(a) The private office of any duly licensed physician, dentist, chiropractor, or podiatrist, whether for individual or group practice and regardless of ownership.

(b) Christian Science sanatoriums operated or listed and certified by the First Church of Christ, Scientists, Boston, Massachusetts.

(c) Veterans nursing homes or veterans homes operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, not to exceed 150 beds to be built in Bay Minette, Alabama, and a veterans' nursing home or veterans' home owned or operated by the State Department of Veterans' Affairs not to exceed 150 beds to be built in Huntsville, Alabama, for which applications for federal funds under federal law are being considered by the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs prior to March 18, 1993.

(3) Any expenditure, which is otherwise reviewable under Code of Ala. 1975, Section 22-21-263, made by any entity enumerated in Rule 410-1-2-.05(2) herein and which is on behalf of any entity enumerated in Rule 410-1-2-.05(1) herein shall remain subject to such review.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 410-1-2-.05

Amended: Filed February 26, 1991; effective April 2, 1991.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2016, eff. 10/7/2016.

Author: State Health Planning and Development Agency

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-21-260.