10A ncac 14C .3903      performance standards

An applicant proposing to develop a new GI endoscopy room in a licensed health service facility shall:

(1)           identify the proposed service area;

(2)           identify all existing and approved GI endoscopy rooms owned or operated by the applicant or a related entity located in the proposed service area;

(3)           provide projected utilization for each of the first three full fiscal years of operation following completion of the project for all GI endoscopy rooms identified in Item (2) of this Rule;

(4)           project to perform an average of at least 1,500 GI endoscopy procedures per GI endoscopy room during the third full fiscal year of operation following completion of the project in the GI endoscopy rooms identified in Item (2) of this Rule; and

(5)           provide the assumptions and methodology used to project the utilization required by this Rule.

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

Temporary Adoption Eff. February 1, 2006;

Eff. November 1, 2006;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 2021.