135.66 - PROCEDURE UPON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION -- PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
135.66 PROCEDURE UPON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION --
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
1. Within fifteen business days after receipt of an application
for a certificate of need, the department shall examine the
application for form and completeness and accept or reject it. An
application shall be rejected only if it fails to provide all
information required by the department pursuant to section 135.63,
subsection 1. The department shall promptly return to the applicant
any rejected application, with an explanation of the reasons for its
rejection.
2. Upon acceptance of an application for a certificate of need,
the department shall promptly undertake to notify all affected
persons in writing that formal review of the application has been
initiated. Notification to those affected persons who are consumers
or third-party payers or other payers for health services may be
provided by distribution of the pertinent information to the news
media.
3. Each application accepted by the department shall be formally
reviewed for the purpose of furnishing to the council the information
necessary to enable it to determine whether or not to grant the
certificate of need. A formal review shall consist at a minimum of
the following steps:
a. Evaluation of the application against the criteria
specified in section 135.64.
b. A public hearing on the application, to be held prior to
completion of the evaluation required by paragraph "a", shall be
conducted by the council.
4. When a hearing is to be held pursuant to subsection 3,
paragraph "b", the department shall give at least ten days'
notice of the time and place of the hearing. At the hearing, any
affected person or that person's designated representative shall have
the opportunity to present testimony. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 135.66] Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 225, §7
Referred to in § 135.70