The State Department of Health is hereby authorized to develop and implement a statewide health certificate of need program. The State Department of Health is authorized and empowered to adopt by rule and regulation:
(a) Criteria, standards and plans to be used in evaluating applications for certificates of need;(b) Effective standards to determine when a person, facility or organization must apply for a certificate of need;(c) Standards to determine when a change of ownership has occurred or will occur; and(d) Review procedures for conducting reviews of applications for certificates of need.Laws, 1979, ch. 451, § 8; Laws, 1986, ch. 437, § 38; Laws, 1987, ch. 515, § 5, eff. 7/1/1987.