"Rural emergency hospital"
Ind. Code § 16-18-2-320.5
in effectSec. 320.5. "Rural emergency hospital" means a hospital that was, as of December 27, 2020, a federally certified critical access hospital, a rural hospital, or hospital treated as a rural hospital under Section 1886(d)(8)(E) of the Social Security Act, and meets the following requirements:
(1) Does not have more than fifty (50) beds.
(2) Is granted rural emergency hospital status by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(3) Meets the requirements for a rural emergency hospital as set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(4) Is licensed as a rural emergency hospital under IC 16-21-2.
As added by P.L.147-2023, SEC.2.
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