2001 Alaska Statutes
Title 18 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND HOUSING
Chapter 18.07. CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM
Sec. 18.07.031. Certificate of need required; relocations.

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a person may not make an expenditure of $1,000,000 or more for any of the following unless authorized under the terms of a certificate of need issued by the department:

(1) construction of a health care facility;

(2) alteration of the bed capacity of a health care facility; or

(3) addition of a category of health services provided by a health care facility.

(b) Notwithstanding the expenditure threshold in (a) of this section, a person may not convert a building or part of a building to a nursing home that requires licensure under AS 18.20.020 unless authorized under the terms of a certificate of need issued by the department.

(c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a person who is lawfully operating a health care facility that is an ambulatory surgical facility at a site may make an expenditure of any amount in order to relocate the services of that facility to a new site in the same community without obtaining a certificate of need as long as neither the bed capacity nor the number of categories of health services provided at the new site is greater. However, notwithstanding the expenditure threshold in (a) of this section, a person may not use the site from which the health care facility relocated for another health care facility unless authorized under a certificate of need issued by the department.