{"data":{"id":"us-va/12vac5-230-550","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"12VAC5-230-550","heading":"Need for pediatric beds","body":"The number of pediatric beds projected to be needed in a health planning district shall be computed as follows:\n\n1. Determine the use rate for pediatric beds for the health planning district using the formula:\n\nPBUR = (PIPD/PedPop)\n\nWhere:\n\nPBUR = The pediatric bed use rate for the health planning district.\n\nPIPD = The sum of total pediatric inpatient days in the health planning district for the most recent five years for which inpatient days data has been reported by VHI; and\n\nPedPop = The sum of population under 18 years of age in the health planning district for the same five years used to determine PIPD as reported by a demographic program as determined by the commissioner.\n\n2. Determine the total number of pediatric beds needed to the health planning district in five years from the current year using the formula:\n\nProPedBed = ((PBUR x ProPedPop)/365)/0.80\n\nWhere:\n\nProPedBed = The projected number of pediatric beds needed in the health planning district for five years from the current year.\n\nPBUR = The pediatric bed use rate for the health planning district determined in subdivision 1 of this section.\n\nProPedPop = The projected population under 18 years of age of the health planning district five years from the current year as reported by a demographic program as determined by the commissioner.\n\n3. Determine the number of pediatric beds needed within the health planning district for the fifth planning horizon year as follows:\n\nNewPedBed – ProPedBed – CurrentPedBed\n\nWhere:\n\nNewPedBed = the number of new pediatric beds that can be established in a health planning district, if the number is positive. If NewPedBed is a negative number, no additional pediatric beds should be authorized for the health planning district.\n\nProPedBed = the projected number of pediatric beds needed in the health planning district for five years from the current year determined in subdivision 2 of this section.\n\nCurrentPedBed = the current inventory of licensed and authorized pediatric beds in the health planning district.","path":["Title 12. Health","Agency 5. Department of Health","Chapter 230. State Medical Facilities Plan","Part VI. Inpatient Bed Requirements"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter230/section550/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:05Z","sha256":"a936a5a4937be87bea8fa5cc2bd1ab557d4e28d9624d7a05469f90a9257f6f6b","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/12vac5-230-540","next":"us-va/12vac5-230-560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}