Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
FACILITY STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-310 - Certificate of need
Section 246-310-132 - Open heart surgery concurrent review cycle

(a) Letters of intent shall be submitted between the first working day and last working day of July of each year.

(b) Initial applications shall be submitted between the first working day and last working day of August of each year.

(c) The department shall screen initial applications for completeness by the last working day of September of each year.

(d) Responses to screening questions shall be submitted by the last working day of October of each year.

(e) The public review and comment period for applications shall begin on November 16 of each year. In the event that November 16 is not a working day in any year, then the public review and comment period shall begin on the first working day after November 16.

(f) The public comment period shall be limited to ninety days, unless extended according to the provisions of WAC 246-310-120(2)(d). The first sixty days of the public comment period shall be reserved for receiving public comments and conducting a public hearing, if requested. The remaining thirty days shall be for the applicant or applicants to provide rebuttal statements to written or oral statements submitted during the first sixty-day period. Any affected person shall also be provided the opportunity to provide rebuttal statements to written or oral statements submitted during the first sixty-day period.

(g) The final review period shall be limited to sixty days, unless extended according to the provisions of WAC 246-310-120(2)(d).