Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 186 - CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 11-186-4 - Total capital expenditure
Current through February, 2024
(a) For purposes of computing the amount of the total capital expenditure:
(b) An obligation for a capital expenditure shall be deemed to have been incurred by or on behalf of a health care facility or health maintenance organization:
(c) Studies, surveys, plans, schematic designs, and preliminary designs for a project shall not require a certificate of need unless or until their total cost for the project exceeds the expenditure minimum for capital expenditures.
(d) Final designs or working drawings, regardless of cost, shall require a certificate of need if the facility being designed may result in a total capital expenditure in excess of the expenditure minimum for capital expenditures.
(e) If a single project or the substantial equivalent of a single project is divided into separate components, so that the project or any component does not require a total capital expenditure in excess of the expenditure minimum, the agency may combine the components for purposes of computing the amount of the total capital expenditure and may treat the combined components as a single project.