Hospital Facilities Rules
These rules are currently temporary rules which became effective December 1, 2017 and are now proposed for permanent rule adoption. These proposed rule adoptions in 10A NCAC 13B Licensing of Hospitals are in response to a recent act of the General Assembly, Session Law 2017-174, Section 1.(d) Additional Rule-Making Authority, which became effective on July 21, 2017. The intent of this section of the Act is to adopt the recommendations of the American Society of Healthcare Engineering's Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) for hospital facilities. These proposed adoptions incorporate the FGI by reference as the Session Law requires. The purpose of incorporating the FGI in rule is for licensed hospitals in North Carolina to be designed and constructed in compliance with a national standard of practice. Following the national standards will benefit the quality of physical plant safety provided to the citizens of North Carolina in these facilities.
- Notification of proposed adoption/amendment of rules (PDF, 128 KB)
- Proposed Effective Date: Pending Legislative Review
- Public Comment Period: March 15, 2018 - May 14, 2018
Comments may be submitted by:- Email: [email protected];
- Mail: Nadine Pfeiffer, Division of Health Service Regulation, 809 Ruggles Drive, 2701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2701;
- Public Hearing
- Date: April 26, 2018
- Time: 10:00 a.m.
- Location: Room 123B, Williams Building, 1800 Umstead Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
- The fiscal note is not required pursuant to S.L. 2017-174, Section 1.(d)
- Not applicable for these rules
- Federal Certification required by G.S. 150B-19.1(g)
- Not applicable for these rules
- The notice of text as approved by the N.C. Medical Care Commission, 2/9/2018
- Proposed 10A NCAC 13B .6003 (PDF, 75 KB)
- Proposed 10A NCAC 13B .6105 (PDF, 81 KB)
- Proposed 10A NCAC 13B .6228 (PDF, 74 KB)
- Report of public hearing that was held on April 26, 2018 (PDF, 165 KB)
- These rules were approved by the Rules Review Commission: N/A in accordance with S.L. 2017-174
- 10A NCAC 13B .6003 (PDF, 57 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13B .6105 (PDF, 60 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13B .6228 (PDF, 57 KB)
- These rules have completed legislative review and are effective 3/21/19.
- 10A NCAC 13B .6003 (PDF, 8 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13B .6105 (PDF, 12 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13B .6228 (PDF, 8 KB)
- Procedure for subjecting a proposed rule to Legislative Review: If an objection is not resolved prior to the adoption of the rule, a person may also submit written objections to the Rules Review Commission. If the Rules Review Commission receives written and signed objections in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.3(b2) from 10 or more persons clearly requesting review by the legislature and the Rules Review Commission approves the rule, the rule will become effective as provided in G.S. 150B-21.3(b1). The Commission will receive written objections until 5:00 p.m. on the day following the day the Commission approves the rule. The Commission will receive those objections by mail, delivery service, hand delivery, or facsimile transmission.