§ 401.12. Reviewable clinically related health services—statement of policy.
(a) Section 701(d) of the act (35 P. S. § 448.701(d)), as amended by the act of December 18, 1992 (P. L.
, No. 179), requires the Department to publish within 30 days of the effective date of the amendment a list of clinically related health services that require a Certificate of Need.(b) Clinically related health services which require Certificates of Need are as follows:
Alcohol or other drug rehabilitation—inpatient, limited to hospital or nonhospital, inpatient treatment programs lasting less than 60 days
Ambulatory surgery—single specialty
Ambulatory surgery—general/multiple specialty
Cardiac catheterization—diagnostic
Cardiac catheterization—therapeutic
Comprehensive medical rehabilitation—inpatient
Emergency department
Intermediate care for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR)
Intermediate or skilled nursing care—inpatient
Lithotripsy—biliary
Lithotripsy—renal
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical surgical—inpatient
Neonatal intensive care—inpatient
Open heart surgery
Organ transplant—heart/lung
Organ transplant—kidney
Organ transplant—liver
Organ transplant—other
Positron Emission Tomography (P.E.T.)
Psychiatric—inpatient adult
Psychiatric—inpatient child and adolescent
Surgery—inpatient
(c) A health care facility as defined under section 103 of the act (35 P. S. § 448.103) is automatically reviewable under section 701(a) of the act.
(d) A person proposing to offer a new, high-cost technology as defined in section 701(g) of the act and which does not appear in subsection (b) shall consult with the Department regarding the reviewability of the proposal.
Source The provisions of this § 401.12 adopted November 3, 1989, effective November 4, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 4734; amended June 21, 1991, effective June 22, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 2816; amended January 15, 1993, effective January 16, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 290. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (157566) to (157567).
Cross References This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 401.14 (relating to letters of interest and filing fees—statement of policy).
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