12VAC5-230-780: Renovation or modernization

A. Applications for the renovation or modernization of medical care facilities should provide documentation that:

1. The timing of the renovation or modernization expenditure is appropriate within the life cycle of the affected building or buildings; and

2. The benefits of the proposed renovation or modernization will exceed the costs of the renovation or modernization over the life cycle of the affected building or buildings to be renovated or modernized.

B. Such documentation should include a history of the affected building or buildings, including a chronology of major renovation and modernization expenses.

C. Applications for the general renovation or modernization of medical care facilities should include downsizing of beds or other service capacity when such capacity has not operated at a reasonable level of efficiency as identified in the relevant sections of this chapter during the most recent five-year period.