Supplemental Service-Specific Criteria

Supplemental Service-Specific Criteria. Service-specific criteria have been developed for a number of health services and are contained in the State Health Plan. Applications that propose to develop or expand such services shall be evaluated against the applicable general criteria in this chapter and also against the service-specific criteria contained in the State Health Plan and the adopted rules and regulations of the Department. NOTE: Should the Department receive a Certificate of Need application regarding the acquisition or control of major medical equipment or the provision of a service for which specific CON criteria and standards have not been adopted, the application shall be deferred until the Department has developed and adopted applicable criteria and standards. If the Department has not developed and adopted applicable criteria and standards within one hundred eighty (180) days of receiving such an application, the application shall be reviewed using the general review criteria in this chapter and all adopted rules, procedures, and plans of the Department.