10A NCAC 14C .2803      PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

An applicant proposing to develop rehabilitation beds pursuant to a need determination in the annual State Medical Facilities Plan in effect as of the first day of the review period shall:

(1)           provide projected utilization of all existing, approved, and proposed rehabilitation beds on the hospital license during each of the first three full fiscal years of operation following completion of the project;

(2)           project that the occupancy rate for all existing, approved, and proposed rehabilitation beds on the hospital license shall be at least 70 percent during the third full fiscal year of operation following completion of the project; and

(3)           provide the assumptions and methodology used to provide the projected utilization and occupancy rate required in Items (1) and (2) of this Rule.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131E‑177; 131E-183(b);

Eff. November 1, 1996;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 2023.