N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33-6.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 8:33-6.1 - Statement of purpose

(a) In accordance with the provisions of the Health Care Reform Act, P.L. 1992, c. 160 and the Certificate of Need Reform Act, P.L. 1998, c. 43 and 26:2H-7.2, the following specific health care services or projects are exempt from the certificate of need requirement:

1. Community-based primary care centers, as defined at 8:33-1.3, which provide preventive, diagnostic, treatment, management, and reassessment services exclusively on an outpatient basis to individuals with acute or chronic illnesses in a location and manner that is accessible to individuals;

2. Outpatient drug and alcohol services which include drug-free and methadone maintenance services and day treatment alcohol services;

3. Ambulance and invalid coach services, including emergency medical services helicopter, and excluding mobile intensive care unit services;

4. Mental health services which are non-bed related outpatient services including outpatient centers, partial hospitalization programs and case management programs;

5. Residential health care facilities;

6. Transfer of ownership interest, except in the case of a general hospital;

7. Change of site for an unimplemented certificate of need within the same county;

8. Relocation or replacement of a health care facility within the same county, except for a general hospital;

9. Continuing care retirement communities authorized: pursuant to P.L. 1986, c.103 (52:27D-330 et seq.) which contain a minimum of four independent living units for every one long-term care bed;

10. Magnetic resonance imaging;

11. Adult day health care facilities;

12. Pediatric day health care facilities;

13. Chronic or acute renal dialysis facilities;

14. Hospital-based medical detoxification for drugs and alcohol;

15. Capital improvements and renovations to health care facilities;

16. Addition of medical/surgical, adult intensive care, adult critical care beds in general hospitals;

17. Replacement of existing major moveable equipment;

18. Inpatient operating rooms;

19. Adult family care programs;

20. Hospital-based subacute care;

21. Ambulatory care facilities;

22. Comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation services;

23. Special child health clinics;

24. Addition of vehicles or hours of operation of a mobile intensive care unit;

25. Basic obstetric and pediatric services and birth centers, including addition of basic obstetric and pediatric beds in general hospitals;

26. Linear accelerators, including Cobalt 60 units;

27. New technology in accordance with the provisions set forth in 8:33-3.7(f);

28. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter;

29. Hyperbaric chamber;

30. Positron emission tomography;

31. Residential substance abuse treatment services;

32. Ambulatory surgical facilities;

33. Same day surgery operating rooms;

34. Long-term care facilities proposing to increase their total number of licensed long-term care beds by no more than 10 beds or 10 percent of their licensed long-term care capacity, whichever is less, within a period of five years pursuant to 26:2H-7.2;

35. Satellite emergency department;

36. A change in cost subject to the provisions set forth in 8:33-3.9(a);

37. Replacement at the same site of an existing licensed health care facility in accordance with the provisions set forth in 8:33-3.5(a)2; and

38. A proposed change in location of the entire complement of beds and services approved in an unimplemented certificate of need project within the same county in accordance with the provisions set forth in 8:33-3.9(b)1.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33-6.1

Amended by R.1996 d.101, effective 2/20/1996.
See: 27 N.J.R. 4179(a), 28 N.J.R. 1228(a).
Amended by R.2002 d.243, effective 8/5/2002.
See: 34 N.J.R. 458(a), 34 N.J.R. 2814(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2012 d.162, effective 9/17/2012.
See: 44 N.J.R. 644(a), 44 N.J.R. 2242(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "c. 160" for "c.160" and "c. 43" for "c.43"; and in (a)3, inserted, "including emergency medical services helicopter, and".