26-18-501. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Certified program" means a nursing care facility program with Medicaid
certification.
(2) "Director" means the director of the Division of Health Care Financing.
(3) "Medicaid certification" means the right to Medicaid reimbursement as a provider of
a nursing care facility program as established by division rule.
(4) (a) "Nursing care facility" means the following facilities licensed by the department
under Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act:
(i) skilled nursing homes;
(ii) intermediate care facilities; and
(iii) intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.
(b) "Nursing care facility" does not mean a critical access hospital that meets the criteria
of 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4(c)(2) (1998).
(5) "Nursing care facility program" means the personnel, licenses, services, contracts and
all other requirements that must be met for a nursing care facility to be eligible for Medicaid
certification under this part and division rule.
(6) "Physical facility" means the buildings or other physical structures where a nursing
care facility program is operated.
(7) "Service area" means the boundaries of the distinct geographic area served by a
certified program as determined by the division in accordance with this part and division rule.
Enacted by Chapter 215, 2004 General Session
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