The department shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the department, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of section 71-2013 and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan, such application shall be approved and shall be recommended and forwarded to the Surgeon General.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-2014