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