Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 1260.20 – Reserve Bed Capacity | Midpage
§ 1260.20
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 1260.20
Reserve Bed Capacity
AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 111 1/2, pars. 1151 et seq.).HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING BOARD
a) The category of reserve beds is established by the State Board in order that hospitals may designate a number of beds which exist within the hospital but are used only for overflow. These beds constitute a reserve bed capacity which will only be utilized when the patients census levels exceed operational norms.
b) As services can have distinct physical areas within the hospital, the concept of a bed reserve applies to each service. Reserve beds must be in a patient room inventoried pursuant to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1110.220. These patient rooms include private rooms having semiprivate capability; patient rooms utilized for non-patient services (i.e. offices, conference areas, etc.) and patient rooms that are not utilized due to low patient census.