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Augusta Maine 04333

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Certificate of Need Unit

The Certificate of Need Unit (CONU) is responsible for oversight of various types of health care regulation. The CONU implements the Department’s responsibility for:

Applications Certificate of Need (CON) CON Archives Health Care Reviews

Rules and Statute Legislation What's New 2008 Report

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Certificate of Need

The Certificate of Need reviews and recommends either approval or denial of projects undertaken by health care facilities or other covered providers. In Maine, CON review is required for the expansion or development of health care services or facilities that either cost more than a threshold amount, indexed each year for inflation, or proposes a substantial reduction in capacity for certain types of providers.

Health Care Reviews

• 2007
• 2008

Rules and Statute

• Nursing Facilities - CON Rules:
  • Chapter 10 149 Chapter 5, Section 71 (Microsoft Word*)
• Other Health Care Facilities - CON Rules:
  • Chapter 10 144 Chapter 503 (Microsoft Word*)
• Maine Certificate of Need Act of 2002:
  • 22 MRSA chapter 103-A (Microsoft Word*)

Legislation

• Public Law 2007, Chapter 440
• Resolve 2007, Chapter 110

Applications

• Application for Nursing Facility Projects (contact E-mail: DLRS.con@maine.gov)
• Application for Health Care Facility Projects (other than nursing homes) (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
• Application for Certificate of Public Advantage (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
• Combined Application for Certificate of Need and Certificate of Public Advantage (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
  

What's New

2009 CON Thresholds (Excel*) (Adobe PDF*)

2008 Report

• Certificate of Need Act - 2008 Report (Microsoft Word) (Adobe PDF*) (*free viewer)

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