(1) The MDA may certify an area as a health care industry zone if the following requirements are met:(a) The health care industry facility is located within an eight-mile radius of:(i) A hospital with at least twenty-five (25) acute-care beds; and/or(ii) A university or college that is:1. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and awards degrees and/or trains workers for jobs in health care or pharmaceutical fields of study and/or work, and2. Located along or near Mississippi Highway 67 within a master planned community as defined in Section 19-5-10; and(b) The zoning of the local government unit, if applicable, allows the construction or operation in the proposed health care industry zone of the health care industry facility.
(a) The health care industry facility is located within an eight-mile radius of:(i) A hospital with at least twenty-five (25) acute-care beds; and/or(ii) A university or college that is:1. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and awards degrees and/or trains workers for jobs in health care or pharmaceutical fields of study and/or work, and2. Located along or near Mississippi Highway 67 within a master planned community as defined in Section 19-5-10; and
(i) A hospital with at least twenty-five (25) acute-care beds; and/or
(ii) A university or college that is:1. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and awards degrees and/or trains workers for jobs in health care or pharmaceutical fields of study and/or work, and2. Located along or near Mississippi Highway 67 within a master planned community as defined in Section 19-5-10; and
1. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and awards degrees and/or trains workers for jobs in health care or pharmaceutical fields of study and/or work, and
2. Located along or near Mississippi Highway 67 within a master planned community as defined in Section 19-5-10; and
(b) The zoning of the local government unit, if applicable, allows the construction or operation in the proposed health care industry zone of the health care industry facility.
(2) A health care industry facility that engages in an activity for which a certificate of need is required must comply with the provisions of Section 41-7-191 in order to be certified as a qualified business.
(3) The MDA may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations, in compliance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, as are necessary for the efficient and effective administration of this section in keeping with the purposes for which it is enacted.