7 Alaska Admin. Code § 12.600 : Health and Social Services — Administration — Facilities and Local Units — General Provisions — Scope

(a) Unless indicated otherwise in this chapter, a facility required to be licensed under AS 47.32 and this chapter must comply with the provisions of 7 AAC 10.9500 - 7 AAC 10.9535 (General Variance Procedures), 7 AAC 10.9600 - 7 AAC 10.9620 (Inspections and Investigations), 7 AAC 12.600, 7 AAC 12.605, 7 AAC 12.610, 7 AAC 12.620, and 7 AAC 12.920, and with the applicable provisions of this section for each type of facility. A critical access hospital must also comply with 7 AAC 12.612.
(b) A general acute care hospital, rural primary care hospital, long-term acute care hospital, critical access hospital, specialized hospital, and nursing facility must comply with 7 AAC 12.630 - 7 AAC 12.660, 7 AAC 12.730 - 7 AAC 12.770, 7 AAC 12.860, and 7 AAC 12.890 - 7 AAC 12.910.
(c) An intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded must comply with 7 AAC 12.650, 7 AAC 12.760, 7 AAC 12.860, and 7 AAC 12.900 - 7 AAC 12.910.
(d) An ambulatory surgical facility must comply with 7 AAC 12.630, 7 AAC 12.650 - 7 AAC 12.660, 7 AAC 12.730 - 7 AAC 12.770, 7 AAC 12.860, and 7 AAC 12.890 - 7 AAC 12.910.
(e) A free-standing birth center must comply with 7 AAC 12.650 - 7 AAC 12.660, 7 AAC 12.730 - 7 AAC 12.760, 7 AAC 12.860, 7 AAC 12.890, and 7 AAC 12.910.
(f) A home health agency must comply with 7 AAC 12.500 - 7 AAC 12.590.
(g) A facility licensed under this chapter, with the exception of a home health agency, that provides a service described in 7 AAC 12.670 - 7 AAC 12.720, 7 AAC 12.780, 7 AAC 12.790 - 7 AAC 12.850, 7 AAC 12.870, or 7 AAC 12.880 must comply with the section of this chapter governing the provision of that service, unless otherwise indicated.
(h) A frontier extended stay clinic must comply with 7 AAC 12.450 - 7 AAC 12.490, and the applicable provisions of 7 AAC 12.630 - 7 AAC 12.660, 7 AAC 12.730, 7 AAC 12.750, 7 AAC 12.760, 7 AAC 12.770, 7 AAC 12.860, 7 AAC 12.890, and 7 AAC 12.910.
(i) A hospice agency must also comply with the applicable provisions of 7 AAC 12.310 - 7 AAC 12.349, 7 AAC 12.690, 7 AAC 12.700, and 7 AAC 12.910. If the hospice agency provides inpatient care on agency premises, the hospice agency is also subject to the requirements for a nursing home set out in (b) of this section, except for 7 AAC 12.770.

7 AAC 12.600

Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 9/6/96, Register 139; am 9/1/2000, Register 155; am 6/23/2006, Register 178; am 12/3/2006, Register 180; am 2/9/2007, Register 181; am 5/24/2007, Register 182; am 9/30/2007, Register 183

Authority:AS 18.05.040

AS 18.20.075

AS 18.20.080

AS 18.20.085

AS 47.05.300

AS 47.05.310

AS 47.05.340

AS 47.32.010

AS 47.32.020

AS 47.32.030

AS 47.32.040

AS 47.32.050

AS 47.32.060

AS 47.32.070

AS 47.32.080

AS 47.32.120

AS 47.32.130

AS 47.32.140