Code of Alabama
Article 9 - Control and Regulation of Development of Certain Health Care Facilities.
Section 22-21-266 - Certificates of Need - Required Findings for Inpatient Facilities.

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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