Staff Analysis

Staff Analysis. Page 27 — Mississippi State Department of Health Each application shall be assigned to a member of the Department’s staff responsible for administration of the Certificate of Need Program for analysis and review. Applications shall be reviewed for consistency with the State Health Plan and the criteria contained in Chapter 7 of this Manual. A written staff analysis and recommendation with respect to approval or disapproval shall be prepared and made available on the Department’s website and shall be transmitted by electronic mail to the Applicant and to those persons who have filed a written request for the specific staff analysis in response to the notice to Affected Persons. The Department shall not delay review of an application. The Department shall prepare its staff analysis and recommendation approving or disapproving a complete application within forty-five (45) calendar days of the date the application was filed, or within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of any additional information requested by the Department, whichever is later. Any request by the Department for additional information shall be made within fifteen (15) calendar days of the filing of the application. If the staff recommendation is disapproval, the Applicant shall have five (5) calendar days from the date of publication of the staff analysis on the Department’s website to submit additional material relating to its application for further analysis that may resolve the basis for the recommendation of disapproval. The Applicant shall be notified of the deadline. Additional material submitted by an Applicant that was not requested by the Department, and any material submitted after the fifth (5th) calendar day following publication of a recommendation of disapproval, shall not be considered during the review process. Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to modify any review period established by applicable law. NOTE: Only one submission of additional information in response to a recommendation of disapproval is permitted, and only by the Applicant. No additional submissions from the public shall be accepted in response to a recommendation of disapproval.