N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

Section 8:33-5.1 - Statement of purpose

(a) The expedited review process shall be used for the following types of applications:

1. Establishment of a Statewide restricted admissions facility or increase in bed capacity of a Statewide restricted admissions facility;

2. Change in scope to an unimplemented certificate of need;

3. Establishment of or increase in the bed capacity of comprehensive personal care homes;

4. Establishment of or increase in the capacity of assisted living residences;

5. Establishment of assisted living programs;

6. Extension of time to an unimplemented certificate of need;

7. Conversion of existing, on-site, licensed residential health care beds to long-term care beds for long-term care facilities located in Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Atlantic City, Camden, Elizabeth, Trenton, Irvington, East Orange or Union City that were issued a certificate of need between January 20, 1987 and September 8, 1992 pursuant to the methodology contained in then existing N.J.A.C. 8:33H-3.3(b)3 and were licensed on or before August 17, 1998;

8. Establishment of demonstration projects in accordance with applicable planning rules;

9. Establishment of a cardiac catheterization program or emergency or primary coronary angioplasty (PTCA) services with off-site cardiac surgery backup in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:33E;

10. Establishment of a special hospital providing long term acute care services in accordance with the Department's licensure standards at N.J.A.C. 8:43G-38;

11. The relocation of a portion of a health care facility's licensed beds or an entire service from one licensed facility (sending facility) to another (receiving facility) located within the same planning region, unless the beds or service at issue are otherwise exempt from the certificate of need requirement; and

12. The relocation of an entire licensed health care facility that is subject to the certificate of need requirement, except for general hospitals, within the same planning region.

(b) The expedited review process may also be used in lieu of the full review process, or in the following limited situations:

1. Emergency situations which demand rapid action; or

2. When the project has minimal impact on the health care system as a whole.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33-5.1

Amended by R.1998 d.303, effective 6/15/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 303(a), 30 New Jersey Register 2270(b).
In (a), inserted 1 through 23 and 25; and added (b).
Amended by R.1998 d.429, effective 8/17/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 1701(a), 30 New Jersey Register 3080(a).
In (a), inserted a new 24, and recodified former 24 and 25 as 25 and 26.
Amended by R.1999 d.272, effective 8/16/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 950(a), 31 New Jersey Register 2375(a).
Inserted (a)27.
Amended by R.2002 d.243, effective 8/5/2002.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 458(a), 34 New Jersey Register 2814(a).
Rewrote the section.