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North Carolina Certificate of Need
2012 Certificate of Need Application Schedule*
*please verify dates with NC CON Section
CON Application
Due Date |
CON Beginning Review Date |
HSA
I, II, III |
HSA
VI, V, VI |
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January 1 |
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January 16 |
February 1 |
A, B, C, G, H, I |
--- |
February 15 |
March 1 |
--- |
A, B, C, E, G, H, I |
March 15 |
April 1 |
C, D, E, F, H, I, K(1), M(1) |
D |
April 16 |
May 1 |
--- |
C, E, F, H, I, K(4), M(4) |
May 15 |
June 1 |
A, B, C, F, H, I |
--- |
June 15 |
July 1 |
J |
A, B, C, E, H, I, J, K(5), M(5) |
July 16 |
August 1 |
B, D, E, F, H, I, K(2), M(2) |
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August 15 |
September 1 |
--- |
B, C, E, F, H, I |
September 17 |
October 1 |
A, C, D, F, H, I |
D |
October 15 |
November 1 |
B, D, E, H, I, L, K(3), M(3) |
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November 15 |
December 1 |
--- |
A, B, C, E, F, H, I, L, K(6), M(6) |
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| (1) |
HSA I only |
| (2) |
HSA II only |
| (3) |
HSA III only |
| (4) |
HSA IV only |
| (5) |
HSA V only |
| (6) |
HSA VI only |
2012 Certificate of Need Review Schedule*
*please verify dates with NC CON Section
CON Application Due Date |
CON Beginning Review Date |
End of 30 Day Public Comment Period |
End of 90 Day Review Period |
End of Extension Review Period |
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January 1 |
January 31 |
March 31 |
May 30 |
January 16 |
February 1 |
March 2 |
May 1 |
June 30 |
February 15 |
March 1 |
March 31 |
May 30 |
July 29 |
March 15 |
April 1 |
May 1 |
June 30 |
August 29 |
April 16 |
May 1 |
May 31 |
July 30 |
September 28 |
May 15 |
June 1 |
July 1 |
August 30 |
October 29 |
June 15 |
July 1 |
July 31 |
September 29 |
November 28 |
July 16 |
August 1 |
August 31 |
October 30 |
December 29 |
August 15 |
September 1 |
October 1 |
November 30 |
January 29/13 |
September 17 |
October 1 |
October 31 |
December 30 |
February 28/13 |
October 15 |
November 1 |
December 1 |
January 30/13 |
March 31/13 |
November 15 |
December 1 |
December 31 |
March 1/13 |
April 30/13 |
Category A– Proposals submitted by acute care hospitals, except those proposals included in Category B through M.
Category B– Proposals to increase the number of nursing care or adult care home beds in a county for which there is a need determination for additional beds; and proposals for new continuing care retirement communities applying for exemption under Policy NH-2 pr Policy LTC-1.
Category C– Proposals for new psychiatric facilities; psychiatric beds in existing health care facilities; new ICF/MR facilities and ICF/MR beds in existing health care facilities; new SA and CD treatment facilities and SA and CD treatment beds in existing health care facilities; and transfers of nursing care beds from State Psychiatric Hospitals to local communities pursuant to Policy NH-5, psychiatric beds from State Psychiatric Hospitals to community facilities pursuant to Policy PSY-1, and ICF/MR beds from State Mental Retardation Centers to community facilities pursuant to Chapter 858 of the 1983 Session Laws or Policy ICF/MR-2.
Category D– Proposals for new dialysis stations in response to the "County Need" or "Facility Need" methodologies; and relocations of existing certified dialysis stations to another county.
Category E– Proposals for inpatient rehabilitation facilities; inpatient rehabilitation beds; and licensed ambulatory surgical facilities, new operating rooms and relocations of existing operating rooms, as defined in GS 131E-176(18c), with the exception of the relocation of an entire existing licensed ambulatory surgical facility within the same county which is included in Category I.
Category F– Proposals for new Medicare-Certified home health agencies or offices; new hospices; new hospice inpatient facility beds; and new hospice residential care facility beds.
Category G– Proposals for conversion of acute care beds to nursing care beds under Policy NH-1; and proposals for conversion of acute care beds to long-term hospital beds.
Category H– Proposals for bone marrow transplantation services, burn intensive care services, neonatal intensive care services, open heart surgery services, solid organ transplantation services, air ambulance equipment, cardiac catheterization equipment, heart-lung bypass machines, gamma knives, lithotriptors, fixed site MRI scanners, PET scanners, linear accelerators, simulators, major medical equipment as defined in GS 131E-176(140), and diagnostic centers as defined in GS 131E-176(7a).
Category I–Proposals for: changes of scope; cost overruns; expansions of existing continuing care retirement communities which are licensed by the Department of Insurance at the date the application is filed and are applying under Policy NH-2 or Policy LTC-1 for exemption from need determinations in Chapter 10: Nursing Care
Facilities or Chapter 11: Adult Care Homes; relocation within the same county of
an entire existing health service facility (excluding acute care hospitals);
relocation within the same county of existing licensed nursing facility beds,
existing licensed adult care home beds, or existing certified dialysis stations;
transfer of continuing care retirement community beds pursuant to Policy NH-7;
reallocation of beds or services pursuant to Policy Gen-1; Category A or Policy
AC-3 projects submitted by Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals
designated prior to January 1, 1990; acquisition of replacement equipment that
does not result in an increase in the inventory of the equipment; and, any other
project not included in Categories A through H or Categories J through M.
Category J– Proposals for: demonstration projects; statewide burn intensive care services need
determinations; and relocation of existing adult care home or nursing facility
beds, pursuant to Policy NH-4, NH-6 or LTC-2, to a different county which does
not have a need determination for additional beds; and any new institutional
health service, as defined in G.S. 131E-176(16), that is proposed to be developed
or offered in Gates, Graham, Hoke and Hyde counties, with the exception of
proposals in Category B, D or I.
Category K– Proposals for new or additional acute care beds in the service area; relocation of one or more existing licenced accute care beds to a different site within the same acute care service area, except proposals included in category J; and new long-term care hospital beds.
Category L– Proposals for mobile MRI scanners.
Category M–Proposals for new or additional gastrointestinal endoscopy rooms as defined in G.S. 131E-176(7d) and relocation of existing gastrointestinal endoscopy rooms as set forth in G.S. 131E-176(16)u, with the excepton of the relocation of an entire existing licensed ambulatory surgical facility within the same county which is
included in Category I.
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