In the event of a declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor in accordance with Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the N.C. Gen. Stat., a declaration of a national emergency by the President of the United States, a declaration of a public health emergency by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; or to the extent necessary to allow for consistency with any temporary waiver or modification issued by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under section 1135 or 1812(f) of the Social Security Act; or when the Division of Health Service Regulation determines the existence of an emergency that poses a risk to the health or safety of patients or residents, the Division of Health Service Regulation may do either or both of the following:

(1)        Temporarily waive any rules of the Commission pertaining to hospices, hospice inpatient facilities, and hospice residential care facilities.

(2)        Allow a hospice inpatient facility or hospice residential care facility to temporarily increase its bed capacity. ?(2022-74, s. 9E.2(g).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 131E-208

  • Commission: means the North Carolina Medical Care Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-201
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-201
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Hospice: means any coordinated program of home care with provision for inpatient care for terminally ill patients and their families. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-201
  • Hospice inpatient facility: means a freestanding licensed hospice facility or a designated inpatient unit in an existing health service facility which provides palliative and supportive medical and other health services to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and special needs of terminally ill patients and their families in an inpatient setting. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-201
  • Hospice residential care facility: means a freestanding licensed hospice facility which provides palliative and supportive medical and other health services to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and special needs of terminally ill patients and their families in a group residential setting. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-201
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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