2021 Tennessee Code
Part 16 - Tennessee Health Services and Planning Act of 2002
§ 68-11-1621. Certificates of Need — Criteria

County bed need = .0004 times population of the county sixty-five (65) years of age and under; plus, 0.01 x population age 65-74; plus, 0.04 x population age 75-84; plus, 0.15 x population age 85 and over.
Click to view table.(B)  When applying this bed need formula, the agency shall use the formula in effect at the time of initial consideration of an application, rather than a formula in effect at the time of application. County population statistics shall be based upon official statistics provided by the department of health;

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