Process

1. Forms for applying as a pilot project must be available from the department. Completed applications must be submitted to the department. 2. The department shall review the application within sixty days of its receipt. The review must evaluate the project for compliance with section 33-03-25-05 and with federal and state laws and rules. Following its review, the department shall send the application and review to the council. Upon submission of the application to the council, the department shall issue notices of a public hearing on the application. a. The notice must be at least thirty days prior to the public hearing and must appear in the official newspaper of each county served by the pilot project. b. At the same time the department issues the notice of a public hearing, the notice and a copy of the application must be sent to public or private agencies or boards that have been identified by the department as having a responsibility for licensure, certification, or regulation of people or programs directly affected by the proposed project and to any other person requesting a copy of the application or notice. c. The public hearing must occur at the next regularly scheduled council meeting. 3. The council shall make a decision on the application within one hundred eighty days after the public hearing.