Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation › Subchapter 10 - Facility regulation › Part 22 - Determination of Need for New Health Care Equipment and New Institutional Health Care Services › Section 216-RICR-40-10-22.5 - Formal Application

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Application
				  forms required of applicants will include but not be limited to items noted in
				  §
										22.5(C)   of
				  this Part and such additional information as may be deemed appropriate by the
				  state agency. The state agency requires that an application fee be included
				  with the materials filed for certificate of need review. Application fees shall
				  be non-refundable. The application fee shall be paid by check made payable to
				  the General Treasurer.
1. Except for
				  applications that propose new or expanded tertiary or specialty care services,
				  the submission of any application filed in accordance with §23-15-4(d)
				  of the Act by any applicant except a health care facility owned and operated by
				  the State of Rhode Island, shall include an application processing fee as set
				  forth in the Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative
				  Services Provided by the Department of Health (Part 10-05-2 of this Title);
				  except that a health care facility owned and operated by the State of Rhode
				  Island shall be exempt from this application fee.
2. Except for applications that propose new
				  or expanded tertiary or specialty care services, for any application filed in
				  accordance with requirements of §23-15-5
				  (Expeditious Review) of the Act, any applicant except a health care facility
				  owned and operated by the State of Rhode Island, shall include an application
				  processing fee as set forth in the Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and
				  Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health (Part 10-05-2 of
				  this Title).
3. Applications that
				  propose new or expanded tertiary or specialty care services as identified in
				  §
											22.2(A)(33)   of this Part, except for any application
				  from a health care facility owned and operated by the State of Rhode Island,
				  shall include an application fee as set forth in the Fee Structure for
				  Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of
				  Health (Part 10-05-2 of this Title).
4. If during the course of review the capital
				  cost of a proposal is increased as a result of a formal modification of the
				  proposal which is accepted by the state agency, the applicant shall submit a
				  supplemental application fee as set forth in the Fee Structure for Licensing,
				  Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health
				  (Part 10-05-2 of this Title).
5.
				  Any change order request submitted in accordance with §
											22.16   of this Part that
				  proposes to increase the total approved capital cost of a proposal shall
				  include a supplemental application fee as set forth in the Fee Structure for
				  Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of
				  Health (Part 10-05-2 of this Title).
6. The state agency may in effectuating the
				  purposes of the Act engage experts or consultants including, but not limited
				  to, actuaries, investment bankers, accountants, attorneys, or industry
				  analysts. Except for privileged or confidential communications between the
				  state agency and engaged attorneys, all copies of final reports prepared by
				  experts and consultants, and all costs and expenses associated with the
				  reports, shall be public. All costs and expenses incurred under this provision
				  shall be the responsibility of the applicant in an amount to be determined by
				  the Director as he or she shall deem appropriate. No application made pursuant
				  to the requirements of the Act shall be considered complete unless an agreement
				  has been executed with the Director for the payment of all costs and expenses
				  in accordance with this section. The maximum cost and expense to an applicant
				  for experts and/or consultants that may be required by the state agency shall
				  be twenty four thousand three hundred and twenty nine dollars ($24,329),
				  provided however, that the maximum amount shall be increased by by the most
				  recently available annual increase in the federal consumer price index as
				  determined by the state agency.