NC Register Volume 16 Issue 15 - Office of Administrative Hearings

TEMPORARY RULESHospital Service SystemAcute Care Bed Need DeterminationBrunswick Community Hospital 32History Note:Authority G.S. 131E-176(25); 131E-177(1); 131E-183(b);Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2002.10 NCAC 03R .6357 INPATIENT REHABILITATION BED NEED DETERMINATION (REVIEW CATEGORY E)It is determined that there is no need for additional inpatient rehabilitation beds in any HSA.History Note:Authority G.S. 131E-176(25); 131E-177(1); 131E-183(b);Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2002.10 NCAC 03R .6358 OPERATING ROOM NEED DETERMINATIONS (REVIEW CATEGORY E)(a) It is determined that there is need for eight additional operating rooms in four Ambulatory Surgery Service Areas as follows. It isdetermined that there is no need for additional operating rooms anywhere else in the State.Ambulatory SurgerySurgery Service AreaCountiesOperating Room Need Determination8 Bladen, Cumberland, Robeson, Sampson 210 Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey 224 Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt 127 Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland 3(b) "Operating room" means an inpatient operating room, an outpatient or ambulatory surgical operating room, a shared operatingroom, or an endoscopy procedure room in a licensed health service facility.History Note:Authority G.S. 131E-176(25); 131E-177(1); 131E-183(b);Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2002.10 NCAC 03R .6359 OPEN HEART SURGERY SERVICES NEED DETERMINATION (REVIEW CATEGORY H)It is determined that there is need for open heart surgery services with one heart-lung bypass machine in Robeson County. It isdetermined that there is no need for additional open heart surgery services anywhere else in the State.History Note: Authority G.S. 131E-176(25); 131E-177(1); 131E-183(b);Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2002.10 NCAC 03R .6360 HEART-LUNG BYPASS MACHINES NEED DETERMINATIONS (REVIEW CATEGORY H)It is determined that there is need for two additional heart-lung bypass machines in two hospital service systems as follows. It isdetermined that there is no need for additional heart-lung bypass machines anywhere else in the State, other than the additional heartlungbypass machine identified as needed in 10 NCAC 03R .6359.Hospital Service SystemHeart-Lung Bypass Machine Need DeterminationPitt County Memorial 1NorthEast Medical Center 1History Note:Authority G.S. 131E-176(25); 131E-177(1); 131E-183(b);Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2002.10 NCAC 03R .6361 FIXED CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION/ANGIOPLASTY EQUIPMENT NEEDDETERMINATIONS (REVIEW CATEGORY H)(a) It is determined that there is a need for one additional fixed unit of cardiac catheterization/angioplasty equipment in GastonCounty and for one additional fixed unit of cardiac catheterization/angioplasty equipment in Wake County. It is determined that thereis no need for additional fixed units of cardiac catheterization/angioplasty equipment in any other county.CountyFixed Cardiac Catheterization/AngioplastyEquipment Need Determination16:15 NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER February 1, 20021701