Sec. 10.30.01.07. Procedures for Certification of Facilities

A. Providers or consumers of medical care contemplating development of a transplant center or a dialysis facility shall notify the Commission within 30 days of applying for licensure or certification with the Office of Health Care Quality of the Department.

B. The Department or the Commission, or both, shall:

(1) Review the facility application; and

(2) Survey for compliance with this subtitle.

C. The Commission, through the Department, shall certify the dialysis facilities and transplant centers once the standards have been met as set forth in this subtitle.

D. Certified patients are eligible for reimbursement of medical care only after a dialysis facility or transplant center has received certification.

E. Programs denied certification on the basis of a failure to meet the Commission's standards may file an appeal with the Commission for a specific interpretation of the standards applicable in that individual case.