Miss. Code Ann. § 41-7-187

Certificate of need program

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Mississippi State Department of Health v. Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (1991)

Most recently applied in 31 So. 3d 1204 - Dialysis Solution, LLC v. Mississippi State Department of Health (February 2010)

Laws, 1979, ch. 451, § 8; Laws, 1986, ch. 437, § 38; Laws, 1987, ch. 515, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 1987.

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The State Department of Health is hereby authorized to develop and implement a statewide health certificate of need program. The State Department of Health is authorized and empowered to adopt by rule and regulation:

Criteria, standards and plans to be used in evaluating applications for certificates of need;

Effective standards to determine when a person, facility or organization must apply for a certificate of need;

Standards to determine when a change of ownership has occurred or will occur; and

Review procedures for conducting reviews of applications for certificates of need.

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