R432-104-3. License

  (1) To be licensed as an LTAC hospital, the facility shall:

  (a) Have a duly constituted governing body with overall administrative and professional responsibility;

  (b) Have an organized medical staff which provides 24-hour inpatient care;

  (c) Have a chief executive officer to whom the governing body delegates the responsibility for the operation of the hospital;

  (d) Maintain at least one nursing unit containing patient rooms, patient care spaces, and service spaces defined in construction rules R432-10-4;

  (e) Each nursing unit shall contain at least six patient beds;

  (f) Rooms and spaces comprising each nursing unit shall be organized in a contiguous arrangement.

  (g) Maintain current and complete medical records.

  (h) Provide continuous registered nurse supervision and other nursing services;

  (i) Provide in house the following basic services:

  (i) Pharmacy;

  (ii) Laboratory;

  (iii) Nursing services;

  (iv) Occupational, Physical, Respiratory and Speech therapies;

  (v) Dietary;

  (vi) Social Services; and

  (vii) Specialized Diagnosis and therapeutic services.

  (2) The LTAC hospital shall provide on site all basic service required of a general hospitals that are needed for the diagnosis, therapy, and treatment offered or required by all patients admitted to the hospital.