Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 65-7-5 - Expedited ApplicationsAny person or health care facility may file a certificate of need application for expedited review, upon forms approved by the board, for those projects which would create a minimal impact upon the scope, quality or cost of health services to be provided by the health care facility. The projects may include, but are not limited to, the following:
5.1. Changes required of a facility or organization in order to comply with applicable building and fire codes and other laws, rules and standards designed to preserve life and safety or new institutional health services proposed to eliminate or alleviate emergency circumstances that pose a threat to public health;5.2. Capital expenditures which do not involve the renovation or replacement of beds or a substantial change to bed capacity, or a substantial change to the health services of the facility;5.3. The replacement of equipment;5.4. The acquisition of health care facilities;5.5. A substantial change to a new institutional health service for which a certificate of need is in effect;5.6. Applications from ambulatory health care facilities, home health agencies, ambulatory surgical facilities and health maintenance organizations;5.7. Applications for non-health related projects; and5.8. Any other application within the discretion of the board when there are no letters of intent on file for projects that may be potentially unnecessarily duplicative.