Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 100 - Eligibility Requirements
(a)
Hospital districts may apply for State loans to pay for medical injury tort
claims or judgments that are in excess of $300,000. Such hospital districts
shall meet all of the following:
(1) Be the
Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, or a hospital district which has entered
into a joint powers agreement with the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital
District.
(2) Be located in a
county that has areas that are designated as rural medically undeserved areas
by the Health Manpower Policy Commission, pursuant to Section
1188.4, Chapter 4, Part 4, Health
and Safety Code (Rural Health Services, October 1976).
(3) Have a licensed bed capacity of less than
100 beds.
(4) Have submitted to the
Department on or before September 8, 1977, a statement which includes the
following:
(A) A utilization review plan or
its equivalent which has been officially adopted by the governing body of the
hospital districts and which:
1. Provides for
the participation of the entire medical staff in a review committee.
2. Provides that at least one committee
member is a nonphysician health professional.
3. Prohibits the participation on the
committee of any person who has a financial interest in the hospital.
4. Prohibits any person from participation in
the review of any care in which that person has been professionally
involved.
5. Provides for at least
monthly meetings of the review committee.
6. Provides for the retention for at least
seven years of records of the review committee's activities, including the
number and types of cases received, the findings and recommendations, and the
subsequent actions taken.
(B) Proof of either insurance against medical
injury liability claims or judgments up to $300,000 or the establishment of a
reserve account in that amount, along with a plan for the investment of such
reserves.
(C) A written plan for
the preliminary investigation of medical injury claims and for procurement of
legal counsel when indicated.
(D) A
written plan to repay the State loan within forty (40) years detailing the
resources available to the hospital district including taxing
powers.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 32351- 32355 and 32358, Health and Safety Code, Division 23. Reference: Sections 32351, 32353, 32355, Health and Safety Code, Division 23.
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