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Section 22-21-266 - Certificates of need - Required findings for inpatient facilities.

AL Code § 22-21-266 (2019) (N/A)
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No certificate of need for new inpatient facilities or services shall be issued unless the SHPDA makes each of the following findings:

(1) That the proposed facility or service is consistent with the latest approved revision of the appropriate state plan effective at the time the application was received by the state agency;

(2) That less costly, more efficient or more appropriate alternatives to such inpatient service are not available, and that the development of such alternatives has been studied and found not practicable;

(3) That existing inpatient facilities providing inpatient services similar to those proposed are being used in an appropriate and efficient manner consistent with community demands for services;

(4) That in the case of new construction, alternatives to new construction (e.g., modernization and sharing arrangement) have been considered and have been implemented to the maximum extent practicable; and

(5) That patients will experience serious problems in obtaining inpatient care of the type proposed in the absence of the proposed new service.

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