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(6) provide resources and personnel as necessary to meet patient needs; and

(7) provide adequate equipment and supplies for the facility. (c) In addition to meeting the responsibilities of a governing body set out at (b) of this section, the governing body of a critical access hospital shall

(1) make agreements with one or more appropriate entities identified in 42 C.F.R. 485.603(c), as amended through July 1, 1999 and adopted by reference, for credentialing of medical staff and for review of the quality and effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment furnished by medical staff at the hospital; and

(2) if the hospital provides inpatient care through mid-level practitioners under the offsite supervision of a physician, participate in a rural health network as described in 42 C.F.R. 485.603(a), as amended through July 1, 1999 and adopted by reference, and enter agreements with other members of the network addressing the subjects described in 42 C.F.R. 485.603(b), as amended through July 1, 1999 and adopted by reference. (Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 9/1/2000, Register 155; am 12/3/2006, Register 180; am 5/24/2007, Register 182) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.040 AS 47.05.310 AS 47.32.030

AS 47.05.300 AS 47.32.010 Editor’s note: As of Register 207 (October 2013), and acting under AS 44.62.125(b)(6) and sec. 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013, the regulations attorney made a technical change to 7 AAC 12.630(a), to change “intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded” to “intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition.” Chapter 42, SLA 2013 amended terminology in the Alaska Statutes to replace references to “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” with more current terms. Section 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013 instructed that similar changes be made in the Alaska Administrative Code. 7 AAC 12.640. Administration. (a) Each facility, with the exception of birth centers, intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition, home health agencies, hospice agencies that do not provide inpatient care on agency premises, and ambulatory surgical facilities must comply with the provisions of this section.