Kansas Statutes 65-452. Same; exceptions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-452
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Hospital: means general hospital, critical access hospital or special hospital. See Kansas Statutes 65-425
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
This act shall not apply to the following:
(a) The total relocation of a hospital‘s licensed beds from one physical facility or site within the community to another physical facility or site within the same community if the relocating hospital is the only hospital in the community;
(b) consolidation of two or more hospitals located within the same community, if the maximum licensed bed capacity after consolidation is set at a level which would accommodate a 70% rate of occupancy based on the aggregate average daily census of the consolidating hospitals during the previous fiscal year of each hospital;
(c) the relocation or redistribution of hospital beds within a hospital building or identifiable complex of buildings on the same site if the relocation or redistribution does not result in an increase in the overall licensed bed capacity at that site;
(d) a project for which a hospital holds a valid certificate of need under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-4801 et seq., and amendments thereto, and which project is not yet completed; or
(e) a hospital which is owned or operated by the federal or state government.