Section He-Hea 1003.02 - Service Area Population(a) Applicants shall develop:(1) Current and projected populations for their hospital service area and secondary service area; and(2) Current and projected age and gender cohorts for their hospital service area and secondary service area.(b) Population estimates for (a) above shall be obtained from: (2) The New Hampshire office of energy and planning, 57 Regional Drive, Concord, NH;(3) The office of health statistics and data management, division of public health services, department of health and human services; or(4) A nationally recognized demographic data provider.(c) Age groups for (a) above shall be determined as follows:(d) Notwithstanding (c) above, applicants shall have the opportunity to demonstrate different age groupings that apply specifically to their proposal in terms of: (1) Women of child-bearing age;(3) Pediatric patients; or(e) In the event of any dispute brought before the board relative to age and gender cohorts presented in any application, the board shall rely upon the age and gender population estimates as provided by the New Hampshire office of energy and planning, 57 Regional Drive, Concord, N.H. to make a final determination on the proposal.N.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 1003.02
#6840, eff 8-28-98, EXPIRED: 8-28-06
New . #8742, INTERIM, eff 10-21-06, EXPIRED: 4-19-07
New. #8918, eff 6-22-07; ss by #9457, eff 4-21-09