Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 8 - Office of Health Policy and Planning
Subpart 90 - Planning and Resource Development
Chapter 07 - Other Health Services
Section 15-8-90-07-704 - Certificate of Need Criteria and Standards for End Stage Renal Disease Facilities
Section 15-8-90-07-704.02 - Certificate of Need Criteria and Standards for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities

MSDH will review applications for a CON for the establishment of an ESRD facility under the applicable statutory requirements of Sections 41-7-173, 41-7-191, and 41-7-193, Mississippi Code 1972, as amended. MSDH will also review applications for CON according to the general criteria as listed in the Mississippi Certificate of Need Review Manual; all adopted rules, procedures, and plans of MSDH; and the specific criteria and standards listed below.

When a provider proposes to offer ESRD services in an ESRD facility service area where he does not currently provide services or proposes to transfer an existing ESRD unit(s) from a current location into a different ESRD facility service area, it will constitute the establishment of a new ESRD health care facility. (Note: The transfer of dialysis stations from an existing ESRD facility to any other location is a relocation of a health care facility or portion thereof and requires CON review. Likewise, new dialysis stations placed into service at a site separate and distinct from an existing ESRD facility constitutes the establishment of a new health care facility and requires CON review. Dialysis stations placed into service in an individual patient's home or residence, solely for the treatment of the individual patient concerned, are exempt from this regulation.)