Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 6, Article 3 - Certificate of Need Program

• § 31-6-40 - Certificate of Need Required for New Institutional Health Services; Exemption
  (a) On and after July 1, 2008, any new institutional health service shall be required to obtain a certificate of need pursuant to this...
• § 31-6-40.1 - Acquisition of Health Care Facilities; Penalty for Failure to Notify the Department; Limitation on Applications; Agreement to Care for Indigent Patients; Requirements for Destination Cancer Hospitals; Notice and Hearing Provisions for Penalties Authorized Under This Code Section
  (a) Any person who acquires a health care facility by stock or asset purchase, merger, consolidation, or other lawful means shall notify the department...
• § 31-6-40.2 - New Perinatal Services
  (a) As used in this Code section only, the term: (1) "Certificate of need application" means an application for a certificate of need filed...
• § 31-6-41 - Scope and Term of Validity of Certificate
  (a) A certificate of need shall be valid only for the defined scope, location, cost, service area, and person named in an application, as...
• § 31-6-42 - Qualifications for Issuance of Certificate
  (a) The written findings of fact and decision, with respect to the department's grant or denial of a certificate of need, shall be based...
• § 31-6-43 - Acceptance or Rejection of Application for Certificate
  (a) At least 30 days prior to submitting an application for a certificate of need for clinical health services, a person shall submit a...
• § 31-6-44 - Certificate of Need Appeal Panel
  (a) Effective July 1, 2008, there is created the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel, which shall be an agency separate and apart from the...
• § 31-6-44.1 - Judicial Review
  (a) Any party to the initial administrative appeal hearing conducted by the appointed appeal panel hearing officer, excluding the department, may seek judicial review...
• § 31-6-45 - Revocation of Certificate of Need; Enforcement of Chapter; Regulatory Investigations and Examinations
  (a) The department may revoke a certificate of need, in whole or in part, after notice to the holder of the certificate and a...
• § 31-6-45.1 - Automatic Revocation of Certificate of Need or Authority
  (a) A health care facility which has a certificate of need or is otherwise authorized to operate pursuant to this chapter shall have such...
• § 31-6-45.2 - Participation As Medicaid Provider Requirement; Termination by Health Care Facility of Participation As Provider of Medical Assistance; Monetary Penalty
  (a) The department may require that any applicant for a certificate of need agree to participate as a provider of medical assistance for Medicaid...
• § 31-6-46 - Annual Report by Department
  The department shall prepare and submit an annual report to the board and to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Senate and...
• § 31-6-47 - Exemptions From Chapter
  (a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Infirmaries operated by educational institutions for the sole and...
• § 31-6-47.1 - Prior Notice and Approval of Certain Activities
  The department shall require prior notice from a new health care facility for approval of any activity which is believed to be exempt pursuant...
• § 31-6-48 - Prior Entities Abolished; Transfer of Contractual Obligations
  The State Health Planning and Development Agency, the State-wide Health Coordinating Council, and the State Health Planning Review Board existing immediately prior to July...
• § 31-6-49 - Transitional Provisions
  All matters transferred to the Health Planning Agency by the previously existing provisions of this Code section and that are in effect on June...
• § 31-6-50 - Application of Review Procedures to Expenditures Under Section 1122 of the Federal Social Security Act
  The review and appeal considerations and procedures set forth in Code Sections 31-6-42 through 31-6-44, respectively, shall apply to and govern the review of...

Last modified: October 14, 2016