§323D-44.5  Administrative review of certainapplications for certificate of need.  The state agency shall adopt rulesin conformity with chapter 91 providing for administrative review and decisionon certain applications for certificate of need.  Each application reviewedunder this section may be subject to a public information meeting before thestate agency makes its decision.  The agency, in the State and in the countyaffected, shall give public notice of applications for administrative reviewreceived by the agency.  Interested persons may request in writing a publicmeeting before the agency renders a decision on the administrativeapplication.  If a request for a public meeting is received, the administratorwill preside over the meeting.  If no request is received by the agency withinseven days of the public notice date, no public meeting need be scheduled. Applications subject to administrative review and decision under this sectionshall include but are not limited to applications that are:

(1)  Inconsistent with or contrary to the state healthservices and facilities plan under section 323D-15;

(2)  Determined not to have a significant impact onthe health care system; or

(3)  Involve capital or annual operating expensesbelow a significant level. [L 1987, c 270, pt of §2; am L 1989, c 254, §2; am L1997, c 336, §10; am L 1998, c 2, §86]