South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-16 - Minimum Standards for Licensing Hospitals and Institutional General Infirmaries › Sec2 61-16.100 - DEFINITIONS › Section 61-16.101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
For the purpose of these Standards, the following definitions shall apply:
A. Administrator: The individual designated by the governing body or owner who is in charge of and responsible for the administration of the facility.
B. Annual (Annually): A time period that requires an activity to be performed at least every twelve to thirteen (12 to 13) months.
C. Contact Investigation: Procedures that occur when a case of infectious TB is identified, including finding persons (contacts) exposed to the case, testing and evaluation of contacts to identify Latent TB Infection (LTBI) or TB disease, and treatment of these persons, as indicated.
D. Department: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
E. Facility: Hospitals and institutional general infirmaries licensed by the Department, shall be defined and classified as follows:
1. General Hospital: A facility with an organized medical staff to maintain and operate organized facilities and services to accommodate two or more nonrelated persons for the diagnosis, treatment and care of such persons overnight and provides medical and surgical care of acute illness, injury or infirmity and must provide on-campus emergency services; that may provide obstetrical care; and in which all diagnoses, treatment or care are administered by or performed under the direction of persons currently licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy in the State of S.C.
2. Specialized Hospital: A facility which has an organized medical staff, maintains and operates organized facilities and services to accommodate two or more nonrelated persons for the diagnosis, treatment and/or care of such persons overnight and which provides a specialized service for one type of care, and must provide on-campus emergency services; and in which all diagnoses, treatment or care are under the direction of persons currently licensed to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy in the State of S.C.
3. Institutional General Infirmary: A facility which is established within the jurisdiction of a larger nonmedical institution and which maintains and operates organized facilities and services to accommodate two or more nonrelated students, residents or inmates with illness, injury or infirmity for a period exceeding 24 hours for the diagnosis, treatment and care of such persons and which provides medical, surgical and professional nursing care, and in which all diagnoses, treatment and care are performed under the direction of persons currently licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State of S.C.
4. Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH): A general hospital which has been classified and certified as a long term acute care hospital designed to provide extended medical and rehabilitative care for patients who are clinically complex and have acute or chronic conditions. In a LTACH patients have an average length of stay of 25 days or more.
5. Critical Access Hospital (CAH): A general hospital designated by the state as such through the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, in accordance with  42CFR485  Subpart F.