Special Requirements: Hospital Based Long-term Care Facilities (HB/LTCF)
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, §§ 3, 71, and 72Department of Public Health
- (A) The space that constitutes the premises of the licensed long-term care facility and the premises of the licensed hospital shall not be intermingled space. The space that constitutes the hospital shall be contiguous space and the space that constitutes the long-term care facility shall also be contiguous space.
- (B) The long-term care facility shall be physically separated from the hospital by means of partitions, doors or other barrier.
- (C) The long-term care facility shall not be used as thoroughfare to other parts of the hospital building.