N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33F-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:33F-1.1 - Scope and purpose

(a) The rules of this chapter specify the certificate of need requirements for all new long-term acute care hospitals and for all licensed long-term acute care hospitals proposing to alter their licensed bed complement.

(b) A long-term acute care hospital may be licensed by the Department of Health to provide long-term acute care services either as a separately licensed "hospital within a hospital" or as a freestanding inpatient health care facility. All long-term acute care hospitals shall provide or arrange for the provision of professional departments, services, facilities, or functions in accordance with the long-term acute care licensure standards at 8:43G-38.2(d).

(c) Any providers seeking to alter their licensed complement of long-term acute care beds or any other providers proposing to establish services that will meet the licensing requirements for long-term acute care contained in N.J.A.C. 8:43G-38, shall obtain certificate of need approval in accordance with the rules contained in this chapter.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33F-1.1

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 3111(a), effective 12/21/2015