Service-specific criteria have been developed for a number of health services and are contained in the State Health Plan. Applications that propose to develop or expand such services will be measured against the applicable general criteria listed in this section and also against the Service Specific Criteria contained in the State Health Plan and the adopted rules and regulations of the Department. The Supplemental Standards and Criteria shall be used by the Department to determine the need for new acute and long- term care hospital beds, psychiatric and chemical dependency facilities, comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation facilities, facilities for the mentally retarded, ESRD facilities, cardiac catheterization laboratories, open heart surgical services, therapeutic radiation services, diagnostic imaging services, home health services, magnetic resonance imaging services, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy services, positron emission tomography services, etc.
15 Miss. Code. R. 9-91-8.2