R432-2-5. Requirements for a Satellite Service Operation

  (1) A "satellite operation" is a health care treatment service that:

  (a) is administered by a parent facility within the scope of the parent facility's current license,

  (b) is located further than 250 yards from the licensed facility or other areas determined by the department to be a part of the provider's campus,

  (c) does not qualify for licensing under Section 26-21-2, and

  (d) is approved by the Department for inclusion under the parent facility's license and identified as a remote service.

  (2) A licensed health care facility that wishes to offer a satellite operation shall submit for Department review a program narrative and one set of construction drawings. The program narrative shall define at least the following:

  (a) location of the remote facility (street address);

  (b) capacity of the remote facility;

  (c) license category of the parent facility;

  (d) service to be provided at the remote facility (must be a service authorized under the parent facility license);

  (e) ancillary administrative and support services to be provided at the remote facility; and

  (f) International Building Code occupancy classification of the remote facility physical structure.

  (3) Upon receipt of the satellite service program narrative and construction drawings, the Department shall make a determination of the applicable licensing requirements including the need for licensing the service. The Department shall verify at least the following items:

  (a) There is only a single health care treatment service provided at the remote site and that it falls within the scope of the parent facility license;

  (b) The remote facility physical structure complies with all construction codes appropriate for the service provided;

  (c) All necessary administrative and support services for the specified treatment service are available, on a continuous basis during the hours of operation, to insure the health, safety, and welfare of the clients.

  (4) If a facility qualifies as a single satellite service treatment center the Department shall issue a separate license identifying the facility as a "satellite service" of the licensed parent facility. This license shall be subject to all requirements set forth in R432-2 of the Health Facility Rules.

  (5) A parent facility that wishes to offer more than one health care service at the same remote site shall either obtain a satellite service license for each service offered as described above or obtain a license for the remote complex as a free-standing health care facility.

  (6) A satellite facility is not permitted within the confines of another licensed health care facility.

  (7) A licensed hospital is limited to one emergency department satellite location. If a healthcare corporation owns and operates more than one hospital in the State of Utah;

  (a) it may have up to two emergency department satellite locations associated with a licensed hospital; and

  (b) the health care corporation's total number of emergency department satellite locations may not exceed the total number of licensed hospitals it owns and operates in the State of Utah.