Nebraska Statutes 71-477. Rural emergency hospital; license; eligibility; application; operation; requirements; original license; inactive
(1) A facility shall be eligible to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital if such facility is:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-477
- Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Care: means the exercise of concern or responsibility for the comfort, welfare, and habilitation of persons, including a minimum amount of supervision and assistance with or the provision of personal care, activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, or other supportive services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-407
- Critical access hospital: means a facility (1) with acute care inpatient beds where care or treatment is provided on an outpatient basis or on an inpatient basis to persons for an average period of not more than ninety-six hours and emergency services are provided on a twenty-four-hour basis, (2) which has formal agreements with at least one hospital and other appropriate providers for services such as patient referral and transfer, communications systems, provision of emergency and nonemergency transportation, and backup medical and emergency services, and (3) which is located in a rural area. See Nebraska Statutes 71-409
- Department: means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-410
- Hospital: includes a facility or part of a facility which provides space for a general acute hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a long-term care hospital, a critical access hospital, or a psychiatric or mental hospital. See Nebraska Statutes 71-419
- Nursing facility: means a facility where medical care, nursing care, rehabilitation, or related services and associated treatment are provided for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours to persons residing at such facility who are ill, injured, or disabled. See Nebraska Statutes 71-424
- Rural emergency hospital: means a facility that:
(1) Meets the eligibility requirements described in section 71-477 . See Nebraska Statutes 71-428.01
- Rural emergency hospital services: means the following services, provided by a rural emergency hospital, that do not require in excess of an annual per-patient average of twenty-four hours in such rural emergency hospital:
(1) Emergency department services and observation care. See Nebraska Statutes 71-428.02
(a) Licensed as a critical access hospital;
(b) Licensed as a general hospital with not more than fifty licensed beds located in a county in a rural area as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the federal Social Security Act; or
(c) Licensed as a general hospital with not more than fifty licensed beds that is deemed as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) of the federal Social Security Act.
(2) A facility applying for licensure as a rural emergency hospital shall include with the application:
(a) An action plan for initiating rural emergency hospital services, including a detailed transition plan that lists the specific services that the facility will retain, modify, add, and discontinue;
(b) A description of services that the facility intends to provide on an outpatient basis; and
(c) Such other information as required by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department.
(3) A rural emergency hospital shall not have inpatient beds, except that such hospital may have a unit that is a distinct part of such hospital and that is licensed as a skilled nursing facility to provide post-hospital extended care services.
(4) A rural emergency hospital may own and operate an entity that provides ambulance services.
(5) A licensed general hospital or critical access hospital that applies for and receives licensure as a rural emergency hospital and elects to operate as a rural emergency hospital shall retain its original license as a general hospital or critical access hospital. Such original license shall remain inactive while the rural emergency hospital license is in effect.