Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The following changes to an application
may be considered by the department an amendment of an application:
(a) The addition of a new service or
elimination of a service included in the original application.
(b) The expansion or reduction of a service
included in the original application.
(c) An increase in the bed
capacity.
(d) A change in the
capital cost of the project or the method of financing the project.
(e) A significant change in the rationale
used to justify the project.
(f) A
change in the applicant.
(2) Direct responses to screening questions
will not be considered amendments.
(3) Amendments to certificate of need
applications shall include information and documentation consistent with the
requirements of WAC
246-310-090(1)(a)(i) and
(b).
(4) Application for emergency review. If an
applicant changes an application during the screening period, the department
shall determine whether the changed application constitutes a new application.
An application changed during the review period shall be considered a new
application.
(5) An application for
expedited or regular review may be changed during the screening period or the
public comment period.
(a) If an application
is changed during the screening period or within the ten-day grace period
following the beginning of review, the department shall determine whether the
changed application constitutes an amended application. The applicant may
submit written information to the department within five working days of
receiving the department's determination indicating why the change should not
be considered an amendment.
(b) The
department shall respond within five working days of receiving the applicant's
written information concerning whether the application changes constitute an
amendment.
(c) When an application
has been amended, the review period may be extended for a period not to exceed
forty-five days.
(6) An
application for concurrent review may be amended according to the following
provisions:
(a) The department shall
determine when an application has been amended.
(b) An amendment may be made through the
first forty-five days of the concurrent review process. When the department
determines an applicant has amended an application, the review period for all
applications reviewed concurrently shall be extended by a single thirty-day
period. The forty-five days for amendments shall be divided as follows:
(i) During the first thirty days an applicant
or applicants may amend an application one or more times.
(ii) When an amendment has been made to an
application in the first thirty days, all applicants may make one final
amendment during the remaining fifteen days of the forty-five day
period.
(iii) The department shall
send written notice to all applicants when an amendment to an application is
submitted.
(iv) If no amendment has
been made to any application through the thirty-day period, no amendments may
be made during the subsequent fifteen-day period.
(c) Any information submitted after the
amendment period which has not been requested in writing by the department
shall be returned to the person submitting the information and shall not be
considered in the review of the application.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.38 RCW. 96-24-052, §
246-310-100, filed 11/27/96, effective 12/28/96. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.38.135 and
70.38.919. 92-02-018 (Order 224),
§ 246-310-100, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
as § 246-310-100, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.38.135. 86-06-030 (Order 2344), §
248-19-295, filed 2/28/86.
