§323D-43 Certificates of need. (a) No person, public or private, nonprofit or for profit, shall:
unless a certificate of need therefor has first been issued by the state agency.
(b) No certificate of need shall be issued unless the state agency has determined that:
(c) The state agency may adopt criteria for certificate of need review which are consistent with this section. Such criteria may include but are not limited to need, cost, quality, accessibility, availability, and acceptability.
Each decision of the state agency to issue a certificate of need shall, except in an emergency situation that poses a threat to public health, be consistent with the state health services and facilities plan in effect under section 323D-15. Each certificate of need issued shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance unless the period is extended for good cause by the state agency and expenditures for the project shall not exceed the maximum amount of the expenditures approved in the certificate of need. [L 1975, c 159, pt of §2; am L 1977, c 178, pt of §2; am L 1980, c 75, §12; am L 1982, c 245, §5; am L 1984, c 267, §9; am L 1987, c 270, §11; am L 1997, c 336, §8]