DORA Regulatory Notice - State Board of Health - Ch.IV General Hospitals & Ch.IX Community

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has submitted a draft proposed rule or amendment to Chapter IV and Chapter IX. Specifically, the proposed amendments to Chapter IX - Community Clinics and Community Clinics and Emergency Centers: 1) authorize certain types of community clinics to become off-campus locations of a general hospital; 2) amend provisions regarding inpatient care; 3) exempt federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics from licensure requirements in accordance with state statute; 4) clarify services to be provided by community clinics and emergency centers; and 5) make technical changes including but not limited to updating obsolete references, changing terminology, and reorganizing provisions. The proposed amendments to Chapter IV - General Hospitals: 1) authorize community clinics added to the hospital license as off-campus locations to meet either "existing" or "new" occupancy requirements under the Life Safety Code; 2) exempt off-campus locations from plan review if added to the hospital license by a specified date; and 3) make conforming amendments to align with changes made in Chapters IV and IX regarding off-campus locations. The proposed amendments are available here under "Notices of Upcoming Public Rulemaking Hearings and Draft Proposed Rules" and may also be found by: clicking here. A hearing on the proposed amendment is set for Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 10:00 am at CDPHE, Bldg. A, Sabin-Cleere Conference Room, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive, South, Denver CO 80246. For more information, contact Lorraine Dixon-Jones, Policy Analyst at 303-692-2889 at CDPHE. To provide feedback on the proposed amendment, please email opr@dora.state.co.us before July 24, 2011.