Title 19 — Health
55 chapters · 745 sections in this title.
19 V.I.C. § 221 Definitions
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(1) “Ambulatory surgical facility” means a facility, not a part of a hospital, including “freestanding facilities”, which provides surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization. (2) “Bad debt” means the unreimbursed cost to the Corporation of providing health care …
19 V.I.C. § 222 Purpose of chapter
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(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of standards for:(1) the care and treatment of individuals in and by health facilities and health services;(2) a certificate of need program which applies to the determination of comm…
19 V.I.C. § 223 Certificate of need
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No person, organization or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person, organization or governmental unit shall establish, construct, or expand a health facility or health service, or incur capital expenditure on behalf of a health facility or health serv…
19 V.I.C. § 224 Application for license; fee
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An application for a certificate of need shall be made to the Commissioner upon forms provided by the Commissioner and shall be accompanied by written proposals, drawings, layouts, permits and any other documents required by the Commissioner as set forth in rules and regulations …
19 V.I.C. § 225 Issuance and renewal of certificate of need: Posting
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Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of need and fee as provided for in section 224 of this chapter, the Commissioner shall review such application to determine whether the proposed establishment, construction, or expansion of a health facility or health service, or i…
19 V.I.C. § 226 Denial or revocation of certificate of need; hearing and determination
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(a) The Commissioner, after notice and opportunity given to the applicant to be heard, may refuse to issue a certificate of need or suspend or revoke a certificate of need, in any case in which he finds there has been a substantial failure to comply with the requirements establis…
19 V.I.C. § 227 Judicial review of commissioner's decision on certificate of need
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Any party to the proceeding referred to in section 226 of this title who is aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner may, within 30 calendar days after the mailing or service of notice of the decision as provided in such section, file a notice of appeal in the Superior Court…
19 V.I.C. § 228 Licenses
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No organization or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other organization or governmental unit, shall establish, conduct or maintain a health facility or health service in the Virgin Islands without a license as provided in this chapter. It shall be unlawful f…
19 V.I.C. § 229 Application for health facility/service license
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(1) Applications for license shall be on the form specified by the Commissioner, shall be sent to the Commissioner and shall be accompanied by satisfactory proof that the principal sponsor of the health facility or health service:(1) is twenty-one years of age or over;(2) is of g…
19 V.I.C. § 230 Penalties
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(a) The Commissioner may deny, revoke, or suspend a license based upon proof that the health service or facility is:(1) guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license to provide the health service;(2) guilty of a felonious act;(3) incompetent by reason …
19 V.I.C. § 231 Disciplinary proceedings
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Upon the filing of a sworn complaint with the Commissioner charging a health facility or health service with having been guilty of any action specified by this chapter as grounds for disciplinary action, the Commissioner shall appoint a committee to investigate the charge and con…
19 V.I.C. § 232 Review of consumer complaints
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(a) The Commissioner shall act upon every complaint which it receives from a patient, user or consumer of services concerning the quality of health care provided by the health facility or health service. Every board in the Virgin Islands responsible for licensing health professio…
19 V.I.C. § 236 Quality assurance program
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(a) Every hospital shall maintain program for the identification and prevention of medical malpractice. Such a program shall include the following:(1) The establishment of a Quality Assurance Committee, hereinafter, the “Committee”, with the responsibility to review services rend…
19 V.I.C. § 237 Investigations of health care providers by hospitals
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(a) Prior to granting professional privileges to or hiring any health care provider, a hospital shall obtain from the health care provider the following information:(1) The names of any hospital or medical facility with or at which the health care provider had or has any associat…
19 V.I.C. § 238 Use of government owned medical facilities by medical education institutions
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(a) A hospital or other medical facility owned by the Government of the Virgin Islands shall not be used as a teaching facility by or for medical education institutions unless:(1) the sponsoring medical educational institution has entered into a written contract with the Governme…
19 V.I.C. § 239 Contracts for management and administration of government hospital facilities
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Any contract for the management and administration of any government hospital facility shall be approved by the governing board of such facility. The term of such contract shall not exceed three (3) years, but may be renewed. The contract shall be let pursuant to the bidding requ…