Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-102 - Health Care Institution Classes and Subclasses; Requirements

A. A person may apply for a license as one of the following classes or subclasses of health care institution:

1. General hospital,

2. Rural general hospital,

3. Special hospital,

4. Behavioral health inpatient facility,

5. Nursing care institution,

6. Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities,

7. Recovery care center,

8. Hospice inpatient facility,

9. Hospice service agency,

10. Behavioral health residential facility,

11. Adult residential care institution,

12. Assisted living center,

13. Assisted living home,

14. Adult foster care home,

15. Outpatient surgical center,

16. Outpatient treatment center,

17. Abortion clinic,

18. Adult day health care facility,

19. Home health agency,

20. Substance abuse transitional facility,

21. Behavioral health specialized transitional facility,

22. Counseling facility,

23. Adult behavioral health therapeutic home,

24. Behavioral health respite home,

25. Unclassified health care institution,

26. Pain management clinic, or

27. Nursing-supported group home.

B. A person shall apply for a license for the class or subclass that authorizes the provision of the highest level of physical health services or behavioral health services the proposed health care institution plans to provide.

C. The Department shall review a proposed health care institution's scope of services to determine whether the requested health care institution class or subclass is appropriate.

D. A health care institution shall comply with the requirements in Article 17 of this Chapter if:

1. There are no specific rules in another Article of this Chapter for the health care institution's class or subclass, or

2. The Department determines that the health care institution is an unclassified health care institution.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-102

New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3559, effective August 1, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 3020, effective 1/1/2019. Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1222, effective 4/25/2019. Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1583, effective 10/1/2019. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 927, effective 4/15/2022.