R432-104-3. License

(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.