TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH
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AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 111 1/2, pars. 1151 et seq.).
SOURCE: Adopted at 9 Ill. Reg. 4850, effective March 28, 1985; recodified at 20 Ill. Reg. 2602, effective January 26, 1996.
Section 1260.10 Definitions
"Operational Beds." Those beds which a hospital staffs and operates on a day-to-day basis.
"Reserve Beds." Those beds which a hospital is not staffing and operating which are available for use.
Section 1260.20 Reserve Bed Capacity
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.