North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation › Subchapter C - CERTIFICATE OF NEED REGULATIONS › Section .2700 - CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCANNER › Section 14C .2701 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to all rules in this
					 Section:
(1) "Adjusted MRI procedure"
				  shall have the same meaning as defined in the annual State Medical Facilities
				  Plan in effect as of the first day of the review period.
(2) "Approved MRI scanner" means a magnetic
				  resonance imaging (MRI) scanner that was issued a certificate of need but is
				  not being used to provide services as of the application deadline for the
				  review period.
(3) "Existing MRI
				  scanner" means an MRI scanner that is being used to provide services as of the
				  application deadline for the review period.
(4) "Fixed MRI scanner" means an MRI scanner
				  that is not a mobile MRI scanner.
(5) "Fixed MRI scanner service area" shall
				  have the same meaning as defined in the annual State Medical Facilities Plan in
				  effect as of the first day of the review period.
(6) "Host site" means the location where the
				  mobile MRI scanner provides services.
(7) "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
				  scanner" shall have the same meaning as defined in
				  G.S.
				  131E-176(14m).
(8) "Mobile MRI scanner" means an MRI scanner
				  that is moved weekly to provide services at two or more host sites.
(9) "Mobile MRI scanner service area" shall
				  have the same meaning as defined in the annual State Medical Facilities Plan in
				  effect as of the first day of the review period.
(10) "Proposed MRI scanner" means the MRI
				  scanner proposed in the application under review.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 131E-177(1);
					 131E-183(b);
Temporary Adoption Eff. September 1, 1993 for a period of 180 days or until the
					 permanent rule becomes effective, whichever is sooner;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1994;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1,
					 1999;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 1999 Expired on October
					 12, 1999;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2000;
Temporary Amendment effective January 1, 2000 amends and replaces a permanent
					 rulemaking originally proposed to be effective August 2000;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2001;
Temporary Amendment
					 effective January 1, 2001 amends and replaces a permanent rulemaking originally
					 proposed to be effective April 1, 2001;
Temporary Amendment Eff.
					 January 1, 2002;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2002;
Temporary
					 Amendment effective January 1, 2002 amends and replaces the permanent rule
					 effective August 1, 2002;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1,
					 2003;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2004; April 1, 2003;
Temporary Amendment Eff. January 1, 2005;
Amended Eff. November 1,
					 2005;
Temporary Amendment Eff. February 1, 2006;
Amended Eff. November 1, 2006;
Temporary Amendment Eff. February 1,
					 2008;
Amended Eff. November 1, 2008;
Temporary
					 Amendment Eff. February 1, 2009;
Amended Eff. November 1,
					 2009;
Temporary Amendment Eff. February 1, 2010;
Amended Eff. November 1, 2010;
Readopted Eff. January 1,
					 2022.