The commissioner shall determine whether the applicant for a certificate of authority, with respect to health care services to be furnished:
1. Has demonstrated the willingness and potential ability to assure the availability, accessibility, and continuity of service through adequate personnel and facilities.
2. Has arrangements established in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner for a continuous review of health care processes and outcomes.
3. Has a procedure established in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner to develop, compile, evaluate, and report statistics relating to the cost of its operations, the pattern of utilization of its services, the availability and accessibility of its services, and other matters as may be reasonably required by the commissioner.
The commissioner, in administering this section and sections 514B.25 and 514B.26, may contract with qualified persons to make recommendations concerning the determinations required to be made by the commissioner. Such recommendations may be accepted in full or in part by the commissioner.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 514B.4]
92 Acts, ch 1162, § 21
Referred to in § 514B.3, 514B.5
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