135.65 - LETTER OF INTENT TO PRECEDE APPLICATION -- REVIEW AND COMMENT.

        135.65  LETTER OF INTENT TO PRECEDE APPLICATION --
      REVIEW AND COMMENT.
         1.  Before applying for a certificate of need, the sponsor of a
      proposed new institutional health service or changed institutional
      health service shall submit to the department a letter of intent to
      offer or develop a service requiring a certificate of need.  The
      letter shall be submitted as soon as possible after initiation of the
      applicant's planning process, and in any case not less than thirty
      days before applying for a certificate of need and before substantial
      expenditures to offer or develop the service are made.  The letter
      shall include a brief description of the proposed new or changed
      service, its location, and its estimated cost.
         2.  Upon request of the sponsor of the proposed new or changed
      service, the department shall make a preliminary review of the letter
      for the purpose of informing the sponsor of the project of any
      factors which may appear likely to result in denial of a certificate
      of need, based on the criteria for evaluation of applications in
      section 135.64. A comment by the department under this section shall
      not constitute a final decision.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C79, 81, § 135.65] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 225, §6; 97 Acts, ch 93, §9
         Referred to in § 135.67