North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION › Subchapter D - RULES FOR THE LICENSING OF NURSING HOMES › Section .3100 - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION › Section 13D .3101 - GENERAL RULES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Each facility
				  shall be planned, constructed, equipped, and maintained to provide the services
				  offered in the facility.
(b) A new
				  facility or remodeling of an existing facility shall meet the requirements of
				  the North Carolina State Building Codes which are incorporated by reference,
				  including all subsequent amendments. Copies of these codes may be purchased
				  from the International Code Council online at
				  http://www.iccsafe.org/Store/Pages/default.aspx at a cost of five hundred
				  twenty-seven dollars ($527.00) or accessed electronically free of charge at
http://www.ecodes.biz/ecodes_support/Free_Resources/2012NorthCarolina/12NorthCarolina_main.html
.
				  Existing licensed facilities shall meet the requirements of the North Carolina
				  State Building Codes in effect at the time of construction or
				  remodeling.
(c) Any existing
				  building converted from another use to a nursing facility shall meet all
				  requirements of a new facility.
(d)
				  The sanitation, water supply, sewage disposal, and dietary facilities shall
				  comply with the rules of the North Carolina Division of Public Health,
				  Environmental Health Services Section, which are incorporated by reference,
				  including all subsequent amendments. The "Rules Governing the Sanitation of
				  Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Adult Care Homes and Other Institutions",
				  15A NCAC
				  18A.1300 are available for inspection at the
				  North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public
				  Health, Environmental Health Services Section 5605 Six Forks Road, Raleigh,
				  North Carolina 27509.
Copies may be obtained from the Environmental Health
					 Services Section, 1632 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1632 at no. cost,
					 or can accessed electronically free of charge at
					 http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac.asp?folderName=\Title 15A - Environment and
					 Natural Resources\Chapter 18 - Environmental Health.
(e) The adult care home portion of a
				  combination facility shall meet the rules for a nursing facility contained in
				  Sections.3100,.3200, and.3400 of this Subchapter, except when separated by
				  two-hour fire resistive construction. When separated by two-hour fire-resistive
				  construction, the adult care home portion of the facility shall meet the rules
				  for adult care homes in
				  10A NCAC
				  13F, Licensing of Adult Care Homes, which are
				  incorporated by reference, including all subsequent amendments; and adult care
				  home resident areas must be located in the adult care home section of the
				  facility. Copies of
				  10A NCAC
				  13F can be obtained free of charge from the
				  Division of Health Service Regulation, Adult Care Licensure Section, 2708 Mail
				  Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2708, or accessed electronically free of
				  charge at
http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2010a%20-%20health%20and%20human%20services/chapter%2013%20-%20nc%20medical%20care%20commission/subchapter%20d/subchapter%20d%20rules.html
.
(f) An addition to an existing
				  facility shall meet the same requirements as a new facility.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 131E-102;
					 131E-104;
Eff.
					 January 1, 1996;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2014;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. March 22,
					 2015.