North Carolina General Statutes 131E-83. Temporary change of hospital bed capacity
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 131E-83
- Hospital: means any facility which has an organized medical staff and which is designed, used, and operated to provide health care, diagnostic and therapeutic services, and continuous nursing care primarily to inpatients where such care and services are rendered under the supervision and direction of physicians licensed under Chapter 90 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-76
A hospital may temporarily increase its bed capacity by up to ten percent (10%) over its licensed bed capacity by utilizing observation beds for hospital inpatients if the hospital notifies and obtains the approval of the Division of Health Service Regulation. For purposes of this section, “temporarily” means not longer than 60 consecutive days. (2001-410, s. 1; 2007-182, s. 1.)