The board has implemented the provisions of section 17 and 18 of the Health Care Cost Review Authority Act, '16-29B-1 et seq., by adopting a "Uniform Reporting System and Annual Wage and Salary Survey." That system was exempt from the rule-making requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act, W. Va. Code '29A-3-1 et seq. See W. Va. Code '16-29B-17(a). It is the opinion of the board that free-standing acute-care psychiatric hospitals are subject to the provisions of that system.
W. Va. Code R. § 65-12-5