As Amended
SEC. 41-7-187. Certificate of need program.
The State Department of Health is hereby authorized to develop and implement a statewide health certificate of need program. The State Department of Health is authorized and empowered to adopt by rule and regulation:
(a) Criteria, standards and plans to be used in evaluating applications for certificates of need;
(b) Effective standards to determine when a person, facility or organization must apply for a certificate of need;
(c) Standards to determine when a change of ownership has occurred or will occur; and
(d) Review procedures for conducting reviews of applications for certificates of need.
SOURCES: Laws, 1979, ch. 451, Sec. 8; 1986, ch. 437, Sec. 38; 1987, ch. 515, Sec. 5, eff from and after July 1, 1987.