§1110.APPENDIX B. State Guidelines - Square Footage and Utilization

The following area standards are established for departments, clinical service areas and facilities. All Diagnostic and Treatment utilization numbers are the minimums per unit for establishing more than one unit, except where noted in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100.  HFSRB shall periodically evaluate the guidelines to determine if revisions should be made. Any revisions will be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. 

 

Definitions pertaining to this Appendix are contained in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100.220. 

 

HOSPITAL-BASED SERVICES

 

For hospitals, area determinations for departments and clinical service areas are to be made in departmental gross square feet (dgsf). Spaces to be included in the applicant's determination of square footage shall include all functional areas minimally required by the Hospital Licensing Act, applicable federal certification, and any additional spaces required by the applicant's operational program.

 

 

Service Areas	Square Feet/Unit or Key Room	Annual Utilization/Unit
Acute Care
Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Obstetric & Long Term Acute Care Service	500-660 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Newborn Nursery (includes Level I, Level II, and Level II+ with extended neonatal capabilities)	160 dgsf/Obstetrics Bed & LDRP
Labor Delivery Recovery (LDR)	1120-1600 dgsf/Room	400 Births/LDR Room
Labor Delivery Recovery Post-partum (LDRP)	1120-1600 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
C-Section Suite	2075 dgsf/OR	800 Procedures/Room
Acute Mental Illness Service	440-560 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Comprehensive Physical Rehabilitation Service	525-660 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Hospital Based Long-Term Care	440-560 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Critical Care
Intensive Care Service	600-685 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) or Level III Nursery	434-568 dgsf/Bed or Bassinet	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Diagnostic and Treatment
Diagnostic/Interventional Radiology (Excludes portables & mobile equipment/Utilization)
•     General Radiology	1300 dgsf/Unit	8000 procedures
•     Fluoroscopy/Tomography/Other X-ray procedures	1300 dgsf/Unit	6500 procedures
•    Dedicated Chest	900 dgsf/Unit	9000 procedures
•    Mammography	900 dgsf/Unit	5000 visits
•     Ultra-Sound	900 dgsf/Unit	3100 visits
•     Angiography (Special Procedures)	1800 dgsf/Unit	1800 visits
•     CT Scan	1800 dgsf/Unit	7000 visits
•     PET	1800 dgsf/Unit	3600 visits
•     MRI	1800 dgsf/Unit	2500 procedures
•     Nuclear Medicine	1600 dgsf/Unit	2000 visits
Radiation Therapy
•     Accelerator	2400 dgsf/ Accelerator	7500 treatments
•     Simulator	1800 dgsf/ Simulator
Emergency Department	900 dgsf/ Treatment Station	2000 visits/station/year
Cardiac Catheterization	1800 dgsf	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100 for establishment of service 1500 visits/year for additional units
Ambulatory Care	800 dgsf	2000 visits/year
Surgical Operating Suite (Class C)	2750 dgsf/ Operating Room	1500 hrs/Operating Room
Surgical Procedure Suite (Class B)	1100 dgsf/ Procedure Room	1500 hrs/Procedure Room
Post-Anesthesia Recovery Phase I	180 dgsf/Recovery Station
Post-Anesthesia Recovery Phase II	400 dgsf/Recovery Station
In-Center Hemodialysis	470 dgsf/Station	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100

 

HFSRB NOTE:  The standards for Post-Anesthesia Recovery Phase I and Post-Anesthesia Recovery Phase II shall be used as the standards for recovery stations associated with Surgical Operating Suite (Class C) and Surgical Procedure Suite (Class B).

 

OTHER FACILITIES

 

The following standards apply to new construction, the development of freestanding facilities, modernization, and the development of facilities in existing structures, including the use of leased space.  For new construction, the standards are based upon the inclusion of all building components and are expressed in building gross square feet (bgsf).  For modernization projects, the standards are based upon interior build-out only and are expressed in departmental gross square feet (dgsf).  Spaces to be included in the applicant's determination of square footage shall include all functional areas minimally required for the applicable service areas by the appropriate rules required for IDPH licensure and/or federal certification  and any additional spaces required by the applicant's operational program.

 

Service Areas	Square Feet/Unit	Annual Utilization/Unit
General Long Term Care	435-713 bgsf/Bed 350-570 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
ICF/DD Facilities	505-580 bgsf/Bed 404-464 dgsf/Bed	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center (ASTC)	2075-2750 bgsf/Treatment Room 1660-2200 dgsf/Treatment Room	Maximum of 4 recovery stations per operating room 1500 hrs of Surgery/OR or Procedure Room
•   Operating Room
•   Procedure Room
•   Recovery
In-Center Hemodialysis	450-650 bgsf/Room 360-520 dgsf/Room	See 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1100
Freestanding Emergency Center	840-1170 bgsf/Treatment Station 672-936 dgsf/Treatment Station	2000 visits/Treatment Room/year