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services described in 7 AAC 12.102, long-term acute care hospitals that provide the services described in 7 AAC 12.103, and critical access hospitals that provide the services described in 7 AAC 12.104. The department will consider all four types as hospitals under 7 AAC 12.100 — 7 AAC 12.190. (Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 5/4/97, Register 142; am 9/1/2000, Register 155; am 6/23/2006, Register 178) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 7 AAC 12.102. Determination of rural primary care hospital. (a) The department will consider a facility as a rural primary care hospital if the department finds that the facility
(1) provides inpatient hospitalization for medical care of acute illness or injury;
(2) has no more than 25 acute care beds;
(3) is located in a rural area of no more than 15,000 residents, based on the most recent calculations of the United States Bureau of Census; and
(4) does not provide all of the following services:
(A) surgical service;
(B) anesthesia service;
(C) perinatal care;
(D) one or more of the following therapies:
(i)speech therapy;#
(i) speech therapy;
(ii)occupational therapy;#
(ii) occupational therapy;
(iii) physical therapy. (b) If the facility provides all of the services described in 7 AAC 12.105(a), the department will consider the facility as a general acute care hospital even though it otherwise might qualify as a rural primary care hospital under this section. (Eff. 5/4/97, Register 142; am 6/23/2006, Register 178)