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North Carolina Certificate of Need

2008 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 15

February 1

A, B, C, G, H, I

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February 15

March 1

 

A, B, C, G, H, I, K

March 17

April 1

B, C, D, E, H, I, M(1)

D

April 15

May 1

J

C, E, F, H, I, J, M(4)

May 15

June 1

A, C, F, H, I, K

 

June 16

July 1

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A, B, C, E, H, I, M(5)

July 15

August 1

B, C, E, H, I, M(2)

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August 15

September 1

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B, C, E, F, H, I, K

September 15

October 1

A, C, D, F, H, I

D

October 15

November 1

B, C, E, H, I, L, K, M(3)

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November 17

December 1

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A, B, C, F, H, I, L, M(6)


(1) GI Endoscopy for HSA I only
(2) GI Endoscopy for HSA II only
(3) GI Endoscopy for HSA III only
(4) GI Endoscopy for HSA IV only
(5) GI Endoscopy for HSA V only
(6) GI Endoscopy for HSA VI only

 

2008 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

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January 15

February 1

March 3

May 1

June 30

February 15

March 1

March 31

May 30

July 29

March 17

April 1

May 1

June 30

August 29

April 15

May 1

June 2

July 30

September 28

May 15

June 1

July 1

August 30

October 29

June 16

July 1

July 31

September 29

November 28

July 15

August 1

September 1

October 30

December 29

August 15

September 1

October 2

November 30

January 29/09

September 15

October 1

November 3

December 30

February 28/09

October 15

November 1

December 1

January 30/09

March 31/09

November 17

December 1

January 1/09

March 1/09

April 30/09


Category A– Proposals submitted by acute care hospitals, except those proposals included in Category B through H and Categories J through M. (Note: Proposals for additional or new acute care beds in a service area are in Category K. Proposals for an additional hospital facility that is developed by relocating beds to a different site within the same county and does not include the addition of new acute care beds are included in Category 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.

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(14f), and diagnostic centers as defined in GS 131E-176(7a).

Category I– Proposals involving cost overruns; expansions of existing CCRCs; relocations within the same county of existing health service facilities, beds or dialysis stations which do not involve and increase in the number of health service facility beds or stations; reallocation of beds or services; Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospital proposals; acquisition of replacement equipment that does not result in an increase in the inventory, and any other proposal not included in Categories A through H and Categories J through M.

Category J– Proposals for: demonstration projects; statewide MRI scanner need determinations; and relocation of existing adult care home or nursing facility beds, pursuant to Policy NH-4, NH-6, aor LTC-2, to a different county which does not have a need determination for additional beds.

Category K– Proposals for new or additional acute care beds in the service area.

Category L– Proposals for mobile MRI scanners.

Category M– Proposals for: new or additional GI endoscopy rooms as defined in G.S. 131E-l76(7d); relocations of existing GI endoscopy rooms as set forth in G.S. l31E-176(16)u; an additional hospital facility that is developed by relocating existing licensed acute care beds to a different site within the same county and does not include the addition of new acute care beds or operating rooms; and, new long term care hospital beds.

 

 


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