Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 575 - MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLETION OF PROJECTS WITH CERTIFICATES OF NEED › Section 333-575-0000 - Monitoring of Implementation, Completion and Project Changes Subsequent to Approval

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The Public
			 Health Division shall require reporting by the applicant necessary and
			 sufficient to monitor the project to assure that it conforms to the certificate
			 of need as issued by the division.
(2) The division shall require reporting by
			 the applicant, not less often than once every three months of the project's
			 progress following date of the certificate of need issuance (until the project
			 is complete). Reporting required by this section shall be on Form SIM-1. Any
			 applicant who fails to provide such reports for one year shall be deemed to
			 have abandoned its certificate of need for the project, provided that the
			 division has requested such reports in writing.
(3) A change of size or type in any of the
			 items in section (4) of this rule, from that specified in the certificate of
			 need shall be reported by the applicant to the division not later than 15 days
			 prior to the change, and shall be approved or denied in advance of the change
			 by the division. Such reporting shall be on Forms SIM-1 and SIM-2 which shall
			 be obtained from the division as needed.
(4) Items in which a change in subject to
			 advance reporting in accordance with section (3) of this rule are:
(a) Change of site, or significant changes in
			 location of the project on the site;
(b) General arrangement or relocation of
			 department areas or other sections within the project;
(c) An increase or decrease of ten percent or
			 more in allocated space for the project;
(d) Number of beds;
(e) Increase or decrease of potential bed
			 capacity (shelled-in or finished space for beds);
(f) Modifications of lease or purchase
			 agreements unless the changes will increase or decrease cost of the least or
			 purchase agreements by less than ten percent (reported according to accepted
			 accounting principles); or new lease or purchase agreements (reported according
			 to accepted accounting principles);
(g) Project costs or construction cost
			 increase or decrease in excess of ten percent of the approved totals;
(h) Project completion dates later than 90
			 days after the approved project schedule contained in the
			 application;
(i) Financing term,
			 interest rate on borrowings, amount of borrowings, balloon payments, or loan
			 fees if these changes singly or in combination will result in cost or charge
			 increase of ten percent or more in the total cost of the project including
			 interest or in charges to the patient;
(j) The addition of a new health service or
			 expenditure which was not specified in the application or order issuing the
			 certificate of need; or
(k) Changes
			 in the applicant's corporate status or ownership (except stock transfers),
			 including but not limited to development of a joint venture or partnership as a
			 part of the implementation of the project.