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NC Gen Stat § 131E-154.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 6 - Health Care Facility Licensure Act.|§ 131E-154.12 - Title; purpose.

 131E-154.12. Title; purpose.(a) This Part shall be known as the "North Carolina New Organizational Vision Award (NC NOVA) Special Licensure Designation."(b) The purpose of this Part is to establish special licensure designation requirements for nursing homes and home care agencies licensed pursuant to this Chapter and adult care homes licensed pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 131D of the General Statutes. Application for the Special Licensure Designation is voluntary. (2006-104, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-154.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 6 - Health Care Facility Licensure Act.|§ 131E-154.13 - Definitions.

 131E-154.13. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Part, unless otherwise specified:(1) Independent Review Organization. - The organization responsible for the application, review, and determination process for NC NOVA designation.(2) North Carolina New Organizational Vision Award (NC NOVA). - A special licensure designation for home care agencies and nursing homes licensed pursuant to this Chapter, and adult care homes licensed pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 131D of the General Statutes, that have been determined through written and on-site review by an independent review organization to have met a comprehensive set of workplace related interventions intended to improve the recruitment and retention, quality, and job satisfaction of direct care staff and the care provided to long-term care clients and residents.(3) NC NOVA Partner Team. - The entity responsible for developing the criteria and protocols for the NC NOVA special licensure designation. The Partner Team is inclusive of representatives from the following organizations: Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina, Direct Care Workers Association of North Carolina, Duke University Gerontological Nursing Program, Friends of Residents in Long Term Care, North Carolina Assisted Living Association, North Carolina Association of Long Term Care Facilities, LeadingAge North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Institute on Aging.(4) NC NOVA Provider Information Manual. - The document developed by the NC NOVA Partner Team that specifies the scope of criteria for NC NOVA designation as well as information and procedures pertaining to the application, review, determination, and termination process.  (2006-104, s. 1; 2015-264, s. 17.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-154.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 6 - Health Care Facility Licensure Act.|§ 131E-154.14 - NC NOVA program established.

 131E-154.14. NC NOVA program established.(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish the NC NOVA program.(b) The Department shall adopt rules to implement the NC NOVA program in accordance with the criteria and protocols established by the NC NOVA Partner Team and detailed in the NC NOVA Provider Information Manual.(c) Any information submitted by applicants or obtained by the independent review organization related to NC NOVA, as well as annual turnover data voluntarily submitted by home care agencies, adult care homes, and nursing facilities for the purposes of assessing statewide turnover trends, shall not be considered a public record under G.S. 132-1.(d) Any licensed home care agency, adult care home, or nursing home that is determined not to have met the criteria for NC NOVA designation may reapply at intervals specified by the NC NOVA Partner Team and detailed in the NC NOVA Provider Information Manual.(e) The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation, shall issue a NC NOVA special licensure designation document to any licensed home care agency, adult care home, or nursing home that is determined by the independent review organization to have met the criteria for NC NOVA designation. The special licensure designation document shall be in addition to the operating license issued by the Division.(f) The Division of Health Service Regulation shall issue the NC NOVA special licensure document to successful applicants within 30 days of notification by the independent review organization.(g) The NC NOVA special licensure designation shall be in effect for a two-year period unless the provider has a change in ownership.(1) Upon a change in ownership, if the new owner wishes to continue the NC NOVA designation, the new owner must communicate the desire in writing to the independent review organization within 30 days of the effective date of the change of ownership and proceed with an expedited review in accordance with procedures detailed by the NC NOVA Partner Team and included in the NC NOVA Provider Information Manual.a. If the new owner continues to meet the NC NOVA criteria, based upon the expedited review, the special licensure designation will remain in effect for the remainder of the two-year period.b. If the new owner fails to meet NC NOVA criteria, the special designation document shall be immediately returned to the Division of Health Service Regulation. The new owner may reapply for NC NOVA designation under subsection (e) of this section.(2) Within 30 days of the effective date of the change of ownership, if the new owner fails to notify the independent review organization in writing of the desire to retain the special licensure designation by undergoing an expedited review, the designation will become null and void, and the special designation document must be immediately returned to the Division of Health Service Regulation. (2006-104, s. 1; 2007-182, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-155.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 7 - Regulation of Emergency Medical Services.|§ 131E-155.1 - EMS Provider License required.

 131E-155.1. EMS Provider License required.(a) No firm, corporation, or association shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise engage in or profess to provide emergency medical services or transport patients upon the streets or highways, waterways, or airways in North Carolina unless a valid EMS Provider License has been issued by the Department.(b) Before an EMS Provider License may be issued, the firm, corporation, or association seeking the license shall apply to the Department for this license. Application shall be made upon forms and according to procedures established by the Department. Prior to issuing an original or renewal EMS Provider License, the Department shall determine that the applicant meets all requirements for this license as set forth in this Article and in the rules adopted under this Article. EMS Provider Licenses shall be valid for a period specified by the Department, provided that the period shall be a minimum of four years unless action is taken under subsection (d) of this section.(c) The Commission shall adopt rules setting forth the qualifications required for obtaining or renewing an EMS Provider License.(d) The Department may deny, suspend, amend, or revoke an EMS Provider License in any case where the Department finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this Article or the rules adopted under this Article. The Department's decision to deny, suspend, amend, or revoke an EMS Provider License may be appealed by the applicant or licensee pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act.(e) Operating as an EMS provider without a valid EMS Provider License is a Class 3 misdemeanor. Each day's operation as an EMS provider without a license is a separate offense. (1995, c. 413, s. 1; 2001-210, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-156 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 7 - Regulation of Emergency Medical Services.|§ 131E-156 - Permit required to operate ambulance.

 131E-156. Permit required to operate ambulance.(a) No person, firm, corporation, or association, either as owner, agent, provider, or otherwise, shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise engage in or profess to be engaged in the business or service of transporting patients upon the streets or highways, waterways or airways in North Carolina unless a valid permit from the Department has been issued for each ambulance used in the business or service.(b) Before a permit may be issued for a vehicle to be operated as an ambulance, the EMS provider shall apply to the Department for an ambulance permit. Application shall be made upon forms and according to procedures established by the Department. Prior to issuing an original or renewal permit for an ambulance, the Department shall determine that the vehicle for which the permit is issued meets all requirements as to equipment, design, supplies and sanitation as set forth in this Article and in the rules of the Commission and that the EMS provider has the credentialed personnel necessary to operate the ambulance in accordance with this Article. Permits issued for ambulances shall be valid for a period specified by the Department, not to exceed four years.(c) Duly authorized representatives of the Department may issue temporary permits for vehicles not meeting required standards for a period not to exceed 60 days, when it determines the public interest will be served.(d) When a permit has been issued for an ambulance as specified by this Article, the vehicle and records relating to the maintenance and operation of the vehicle shall be open to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the Department at all reasonable times. (1967, c. 343, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 1224, s. 1; 1983, c. 775, s. 1; 2001-210, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-157 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 7 - Regulation of Emergency Medical Services.|§ 131E-157 - Standards for equipment; inspection of equipment and supplies required for ambulances.

 131E-157. Standards for equipment; inspection of equipment and supplies required for ambulances.(a) The Commission shall adopt rules specifying equipment, sanitation, supply and design requirements for ambulances.(b) The Department shall inspect each ambulance for compliance with the requirements set forth by the Commission and this Article when it deems an inspection is necessary. The Department shall maintain a record of the inspection.(c) Upon a determination, based upon an inspection, that an ambulance fails to meet the requirements of this Article or rules adopted under this Article, the Department may deny, suspend, or revoke the permit for the ambulance concerned until these requirements are met. (1967, c. 343, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 1224, s. 1; 1983, c. 775, s. 1; 2001-210, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-158 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 7 - Regulation of Emergency Medical Services.|§ 131E-158 - Credentialed personnel required.

 131E-158. Credentialed personnel required.(a) Every ambulance when transporting a patient shall be occupied at a minimum by all of the following:(1) At least one emergency medical technician who shall be responsible for the medical aspects of the mission prior to arrival at the medical facility, assuming no other individual with higher credentials is available.(2) One emergency medical responder who is responsible for the operation of the vehicle and rendering assistance to the emergency medical technician.An ambulance owned and operated by a licensed health care facility that is used solely to transport sick or infirm patients with known nonemergency medical conditions between facilities or between a residence and a facility for scheduled medical appointments is exempt from the requirements of this subsection.(b) The Commission shall adopt rules setting forth exemptions to the requirements stated in (a) of this section applicable to situations where exemptions are considered by the Commission to be in the public interest.  (1967, c. 343, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 725; c. 1224, s. 1; 1975, c. 612; 1983, c. 775, s. 1; 1989, c. 300; 1997-443, s. 11A.129D; 2001-210, s. 1; 2015-290, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-160 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 7 - Regulation of Emergency Medical Services.|§ 131E-160 - Exemptions.

 131E-160. Exemptions.All of the following vehicles are exempt from the provisions of this Article:(1) Privately owned vehicles not used in the business of transporting patients.(2) A vehicle rendering service as an ambulance in case of a major catastrophe or emergency, when the permitted ambulances based in the locality of the catastrophe or emergency are insufficient to render the services required.(3) Any ambulance based outside this State, except that an ambulance which receives a patient within this State for transportation to a location within this State shall comply with the provisions of this Article.(4) Ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the United States government.(5) Vehicles owned and operated by rescue squads chartered by the State of North Carolina as nonprofit corporations or associations which are not regularly used to transport sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless persons except as a part of rescue operations. (1967, c. 343, s. 3; c. 1257, s. 2; 1983, c. 775, s. 1; 2001-210, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-161 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 7 - Regulation of Emergency Medical Services.|§ 131E-161 - Violation declared misdemeanor.

 131E-161. Violation declared misdemeanor.It shall be the responsibility of the EMS provider to ensure that the ambulance operation complies with the provisions of this Article and all rules adopted for this Article. Upon the violation of any part of this Article or any rule adopted under authority of this Article, the Department shall have the power to deny, revoke, or suspend the permits of all vehicles owned or operated by the violator. The operation of an ambulance without a valid permit or after a permit has been denied, suspended, or revoked or without appropriate credentialed staffing as required by G.S. 131E-158, shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1967, c. 343, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 775, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 964; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-443, s. 11A.129F; 2001-210, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-162 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 7A - Statewide Trauma System Act of 1993.|§ 131E-162 - Statewide trauma system.

 131E-162. Statewide trauma system.The Department shall establish and maintain a program for the development of a statewide trauma system. The Department shall consolidate all State functions relating to trauma systems, both regulatory and developmental, under the auspices of this program.The Commission shall adopt rules to carry out the purpose of this Article. These rules shall be adopted with the advice of the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and shall include the operation of a statewide trauma registry, statewide educational requirements fundamental to the implementation of the trauma system. The rules adopted by the Commission shall establish guidelines for monitoring and evaluating the system including standards and criteria for the denial, suspension, voluntary withdrawal, or revocation of credentials for trauma center designation, and the establishment of regional trauma peer review committees. Each regional trauma peer review committee shall be responsible for analyzing trauma patient care data and outcome measures to evaluate the ongoing quality of patient care, system performance, and medical direction within the regional trauma system. The committee membership shall include physicians, nurses, EMS personnel, trauma registrars, and hospital administrators. Review of medical records by the Trauma Peer Review Committee is confidential and protected under G.S. 143-518. A Trauma Peer Review Committee, its members, proceedings, records and materials produced, and materials considered shall be afforded the same protections afforded Medical Review Committees, their members, proceedings, records, and materials under G.S. 131E-95. The rules adopted by the Commission shall avoid duplication of reporting and minimize the cost to hospitals or other persons reporting under this section. The Office of Emergency Medical Services shall be the agency responsible for monitoring system development, ensuring compliance with rules, and overseeing system effectiveness.With respect to collection of data and educational requirements regarding trauma, rules adopted by the Medical Care Commission shall limit the authority of the Department to hospitals and Emergency Medical Services providers. Nothing in this Article shall be interpreted so as to grant the Department authority to require private physicians, schools, or universities, except those participating in the trauma system, to provide information or data or to conduct educational programs regarding trauma. (1993, c. 336, s. 1; 2001-210, s. 2; 2003-392, s. 2(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-165 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 8 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Program.|§ 131E-165 - Title; purpose.

 131E-165. Title; purpose.(a) This Article shall be known as the "Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Program."(b) The purpose of this Article is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of rules and certification:(1) For the care and treatment of individuals in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs; and(2) For the maintenance and operation of cardiac rehabilitation programs to ensure safe and adequate treatment of individuals in cardiac rehabilitation programs. (1983, c. 775, s. 1; 1995, c. 182, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-166 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 8 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Program.|§ 131E-166 - Definitions.

 131E-166. Definitions.As used in this Article, unless otherwise specified:(1) "Cardiac Rehabilitation Program" means a program certified under this Article for the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation services to outpatients and includes, but shall not be limited to, coordinated, physician-directed, individualized programs of therapeutic activity and adaption designed to assist the cardiac patient in attaining the highest rehabilitative potential.(2) "Certification" means the issuance of a certificate by the Department upon determination that cardiac rehabilitation services offered at a given program site meet all cardiac rehabilitation program rules. (1983, c. 775, s. 1; 1995, c. 182, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-167 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 8 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Program.|§ 131E-167 - Certificate requirement.

 131E-167. Certificate requirement.(a) Applications for certification shall be available from the Department, and each application filed with the Department shall contain all necessary and reasonable information that the Department may by rule require. A certificate shall be granted to the applicant for a period not to exceed one year upon a determination by the Department that the applicant has substantially complied with the provisions of this Article and the rules promulgated by the Department under this Article. The Department shall charge the applicant a nonrefundable annual certification fee in the amount of three hundred eighty-five dollars ($385.00).(b) A provisional certificate may be issued for a period not to exceed six months to a program:(1) That does not substantially comply with the rules, when failure to comply does not endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the clients being served by the program;(2) During the initial stages of operation if determined appropriate by the Department.(c) Prior to offering a cardiac rehabilitation program as defined in this Article, such a program must be inspected, evaluated, and certified as having substantially met the rules adopted by the Department under this Article.(d) A certificate to operate a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program shall be renewed upon the successful re-evaluation of the program as stated in the rules adopted pursuant to this Article.(e) Each certificate shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the Department.(f) A certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the certified premises.  (1983, c. 775, s. 1; 2003-284, s. 34.6(a); 2005-276, s. 41.2(f); 2009-451, s. 10.76(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-168 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 8 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Program.|§ 131E-168 - Adverse action on a certificate.

 131E-168. Adverse action on a certificate.(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Department is authorized to deny a new or renewal certificate and to suspend or revoke an existing certificate upon determination that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this Article or the rules promulgated under this Article.(b) The provisions of Chapter 150A of the General Statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act, shall govern all administrative action and judicial review in cases where the Department has taken the action described in subsection (a). (1983, c. 775, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 131E-169 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services|Article 8 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Program.|§ 131E-169 - Rules and enforcement.

 131E-169. Rules and enforcement.(a) The Department is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal all rules as may be designed to further the accomplishment of this Article.(b) The Department shall enforce the rules adopted for the certification of cardiac rehabilitation programs. (1983, c. 775, s. 1.)