N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-47.5

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

Section 8:39-47.5 - Licensure renewal

(a) Renewal of a license to operate a hospital-based subacute care unit shall be based upon the unit's compliance with the rules in this subchapter, all other pertinent rules in this chapter, the provisions of State of New Jersey P.L. 1996, c. 102, and Federal Medicare requirements at P.L. 89-97 ( 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 et seq.).

(b) The Department shall use the aggregate length of stay (total patient days/number of admissions) for the hospital-based subacute care unit as a monitoring benchmark, as an indicator of conformance with provisions of P.L. 1996, c. 102, and as a condition of licensure renewal. For each annual renewal of the license, if the aggregate length of stay for patients admitted to the hospital-based subacute care unit during the four quarters immediately preceding the renewal application is determined to be greater than eight days, the Department shall not renew the subacute care license for the next annual licensure renewal cycle. A hospital shall not be permitted to reapply for a new certificate of need for a hospital-based subacute care unit for six months from the date of licensure nonrenewal or revocation.

1. In the case of licensure renewal applications submitted to the Department within one year after initial licensure, the aggregate length of stay shall be determined for the three quarters immediately preceding the licensure renewal application and used by the Department in accordance with (c) above.

2. For any patient who remains in the hospital-based subacute care unit in accordance with all provisions of 8:39-47.4(a)1, patient days accrued after the hospital has issued its written notice to discharge to the long-term care facility of origin shall not be included in the calculation of aggregate length of stay for the unit.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-47.5

Amended by R.2004 d.298, effective 8/2/2004.
See: 36 New Jersey Register 640(a), 36 New Jersey Register 3528(a).
Deleted former (b); recodified former (c) as (b).