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:

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Certificate of Need (CON) Health Care Reviews Rules and Statute Legislation

Applications Forms What's New Annual Reports

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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.

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Health Care Reviews

• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012

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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*)

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Legislation

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

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Applications

• Application for Nursing Facility (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
• 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*)
  

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Forms

• Implementation - Cost and Utilization Report (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
• Implementation - Periodic Report (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
• Implementation - Summary Report (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)

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What's New

• 2012 CON Thresholds (Excel*) (Adobe PDF*)
• 2010 CON Thresholds (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
• 2009 CON Thresholds (Excel*) (Adobe PDF*)

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Annual Reports

• Certificate of Need Act - 2010 Report (Adobe PDF*)
• Certificate of Need Act - 2009 Report (Adobe PDF*)
• Certificate of Need Act - 2008 Report (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)

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