Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
Chapter 667. Hospital Standards |
Subchapter 39. Critical Access Hospital |
SECTION 310:667-39-1. General
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- A critical access hospital (CAH)is a hospital determined by the Department to be a necessary provider of health care services to residents of a rural community. The CAH shall be the sole provider of hospital services in the community and is to allow the provision of primary hospital care in a rural community that is unable to support a general medical surgical hospital.