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216B.0445 Outpatient health facility operated by hospital -- Licensure -- Certificate of need.

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Page 1 of 1 216B.0445 Outpatient health facility operated by hospital -- Licensure -- Certificate of need. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the Federal Health Care Financing Administration issues a final regulation establishing an outpatient <br>Medicare prospective payment system for hospitals that requires that an outpatient <br>health facility operated by the hospital be under the same license as the hospital to <br>achieve provider-based status, the cabinet shall, at the hospital's request, issue a new <br>license to a hospital that owns and operates an existing or newly established <br>outpatient health facility that lists each location operated by the hospital. (2) Any outpatient health facility listed on the hospital's license under subsection (1) of this section shall: <br>(a) Comply with the applicable licensure regulations that pertain to the type of health services provided; and (b) Prior to the establishment of a health facility, the operation of a health facility, or the provision of health services or the addition of a health service at a <br>location other than the hospital's main campus, obtain a certificate of need if a <br>certificate of need would otherwise be required in the absence of subsection <br>(1) of this section. Licensure of the outpatient health facility or service under <br>the same license as the hospital pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall <br>not eliminate the requirement for a certificate of need. Effective: April 4, 2000 <br>History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 310, sec. 4, effective April 4, 2000.