12VAC5-230-440. Travel time.
Article 2
Criteria and Standards for Open Heart Surgery
A. Open heart surgery services should be within 60 minutes driving time one way under normal conditions of 95% of the population of the health planning district using mapping software as determined by the commissioner.
B. Such services shall be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
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