R432-4-1. Authority and Purpose

(1) This rule is authorized by Section 26B-2-202. (2) The purpose of this rule is to promote the health and welfare of individuals receiving services by establishing design and construction requirements for the following types of health care facilities: (a) abortion clinics; (b) birthing centers; (c) critical access hospitals; (d) end stage renal disease facilities; (e) freestanding ambulatory surgical centers; (f) general hospitals; (g) inpatient hospitals; (h) nursing care facilities; (i) rural emergency hospitals. (j) small health care facilities; and (k) specialty hospitals.