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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
