135.67 - SUMMARY REVIEW PROCEDURE.

        135.67  SUMMARY REVIEW PROCEDURE.
         1.  The department may waive the letter of intent procedures
      prescribed by section 135.65 and substitute a summary review
      procedure, which shall be established by rules of the department,
      when it accepts an application for a certificate of need for a
      project which meets any of the criteria in paragraphs "a" through
      "e":
         a.  A project which is limited to repair or replacement of a
      facility or equipment damaged or destroyed by a disaster, and which
      will not expand the facility nor increase the services provided
      beyond the level existing prior to the disaster.
         b.  A project necessary to enable the facility or service to
      achieve or maintain compliance with federal, state, or other
      appropriate licensing, certification, or safety requirements.
         c.  A project which will not change the existing bed capacity
      of the applicant's facility or service, as determined by the
      department, by more than ten percent or ten beds, whichever is less,
      over a two-year period.
         d.  A project the total cost of which will not exceed one
      hundred fifty thousand dollars.
         e.  Any other project for which the applicant proposes and the
      department agrees to summary review.
         2.  The department's decision to disallow a summary review shall
      be binding upon the applicant.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C79, 81, § 135.67] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 225, §8--10; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §191
         Referred to in § 135.72