ARC 2297C
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT[641]
Adopted and Filed
Pursuant to the authority of Iowa Code section 135.72, the Department of Public Health hereby amends Chapter 203, “Standards for Certificate of Need Review,” Iowa Administrative Code.
Certificate of Need is a regulatory review process that requires application to the Department of Public Health for and receipt of a Certificate of Need (CON) prior to the offering or development of a new or changed institutional health service. These amendments initiate the first phase of the revision of Chapter 203. The amendments rescind six rules that provide standards that are now excluded from Certificate of Need review under Iowa Code section 135.64 or have not been used in several years.
The amendments were approved by the State Health Facilities Council on August 4, 2015.
Notice of Intended Action was published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin on September 30, 2015, as ARC 2177C. No comments were received. The adopted amendments are identical to those published under Notice.
The State Board of Health adopted these amendments on November 12, 2015.
After analysis and review of this rule making, no impact on jobs has been found.
These amendments are intended to implement Iowa Code sections 135.61 to 135.83.
These amendments will become effective January 13, 2016.
The following amendments are adopted.
	Item 1. Rescind and reserve rule 641—203.1(135).
	Item 2. Rescind and reserve rules 641—203.6(135) and 641—203.7(135).
	Item 3. Rescind and reserve rules 641—203.9(135), 641—203.10(135) and 641—203.11(135).
[Filed 11/18/15, effective 1/13/16]
[Published 12/9/15]
Editor’s Note: For replacement pages for IAC, see IAC Supplement 12/9/15.