Alabama Administrative Code
Title 410 - STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Chapter 410-1-7 - REVIEW PROCEDURES
Section 410-1-7-.17 - Certificate Of Need Review Board Public Hearings

(a) The application should be scheduled to be heard by the Certificate of Need Review Board not less than eighty (80) days after the project has been deemed complete and no longer than ninety (90) days unless the application has been extended.

(b) Notification of the public hearing will be made in writing to the applicant and other affected parties. The general public will be notified of the public hearing through news releases. The notification will include the time, place, and nature of the public hearing.

(c) Where an Administrative Law Judge has conducted a contested case hearing with respect to an application or competing applications, pursuant to 410-1-8-.02, then presentations before the Certificate of Need Review Board shall be by written briefs filed with the agency no later than seven (7) days before the Certificate of Need Review Board meeting at which the recommendated findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted by the Administrative Law Judge are to be considered and/or, at the discretion of the Chairperson, by oral arguments.