§ 2956. Designation of upgraded diagnostic and treatment centers. 1.
A diagnostic and treatment center established pursuant to article
twenty-eight of this chapter, which is a participant in or a member of a
rural health network, may request the commissioner to authorize such
diagnostic and treatment center to provide limited emergency services.
Such diagnostic and treatment center shall be designated an upgraded
diagnostic and treatment center upon the commissioner's approval of such
request.

2. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for the designation of
a diagnostic and treatment center as an upgraded diagnostic and
treatment center pursuant to the provisions of this section. In
establishing such guidelines, the commissioner shall solicit input from
hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers and physicians.