Section 15-8-90-02-205 - Policy Statement Regarding Certificate of Need Applications for a Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility1. The 1993 Mississippi Legislature authorized MSDH to issue a Certificate of Need for the construction of a pediatric skilled nursing facility not to exceed sixty (60) new beds.2. A pediatric skilled nursing facility is defined as an institution or a distinct part of an institution that is primarily engaged in providing inpatients skilled nursing care and related services for persons under twenty-one (21) years of age who require medical, nursing care, or rehabilitation services.3. MSDH will review applications for the construction of pediatric skilled nursing facility beds using the general CON review criteria and standards contained in the Mississippi Certificate of Need Review Manual, criteria and standards for nursing homes and ID/DD facilities contained in the State Health Plan, and all adopted rules, procedures, and plans of MSDH.4. Effective April 12, 2002, no health care facility shall be authorized to add any beds or convert any beds to another category of beds without a Certificate of Need under the authority of Miss. Code Ann. Section 41-7-191(l)(c).5. Effective March 4, 2003, if a health care facility has voluntarily delicensed some of its existing bed complement, it may later relicense some or all of its delicensed beds without the necessity of having to acquire a CON. The facility must submit a letter requesting that the beds be placed in abeyance. MSDH shall maintain a record of the delicensing health care facility and its voluntarily delicensed beds and continue counting those beds as part of the state's total bed count for health care planning purposes.15 Miss. Code. R. 8-90-02-205