2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-639c. Certificate of need. Waiver for replacement equipment.

      Sec. 19a-639c. Certificate of need. Waiver for replacement equipment. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19a-638 or section 19a-639, the office may waive the requirements of those sections and grant a certificate of need to any health care facility, institution or provider or any state health care facility, institution or provider proposing to replace major medical equipment, imaging equipment or a linear accelerator if:

      (1) The facility, institution or provider has previously obtained a certificate of need for the equipment or accelerator being replaced;

      (2) The replacement value or expenditure for the replacement equipment or accelerator is not more than the original cost plus an increase of ten per cent for each twelve-month period that has elapsed since the date of the original certificate of need; and

      (3) The replacement value or expenditure is less than two million dollars.

      (P.A. 98-150, S. 7, 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 94, 121.)

      History: P.A. 98-150 effective June 5, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change by adding the first reference to "provider" to "health care facility, institution".