North Dakota Century Code Title 23. Health and Safety § 23-17.6-04. Standards of registration

a. Must be affiliated with one or more facilities certified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services as an ambulatory surgical center;

b. Must have no more than two recovery beds for each operating room in the affiliated ambulatory surgical center, not to exceed a total of sixteen recovery beds;

c. Shall discharge patients within forty-eight hours from the time of admission to the extended stay center;

d. Shall conform to all patient safety and facility requirements adopted by the department by rule;

e. Shall use admission criteria based only on the extended stay center's:

f. Orally and in writing, shall clearly notify patients with Medicare coverage of the services provided by the extended stay center which are not covered by Medicare; and

g. Shall report data and metrics to the department as prescribed by rule, including the:

a. Be separated physically from the extended stay center operations;

b. Have demonstrated safe operating procedures in an outpatient surgery setting for no less than twenty-four consecutive months; and

c. Be certified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services as participating in the ambulatory surgical center quality reporting program administered by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services.