Noun
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Certificate of Need (plural Certificates of Need)
(law, US) A legal document issued by a federal or state regulatory agency with authority over an area which affirms that a proposed acquisition, expansion, or creation of a facility falling under that authority is required to fulfill the needs of a community.
In 2017, regulators approved a Certificate of Need application to build a new hospital north of the city – the Lee County Medical Center – which could support several hundred jobs. Source: Internet
In the past, Roz help champion the Certificate of Need for the new West Maui Hospital to begin construction next year. Source: Internet
The 122-bed hospital, which became part of Hartford HealthCare last year, intends to purchase a 51 percent stake in The Endoscopy Center of Northwest Connecticut LLC, according to the Certificate of Need filing. Source: Internet
The state awarded the Certificate of Need and the contract for a $150-million, 100-bed hospital in Grovetown to Augusta University Medical Center, which plans to make it the most technologically advanced hospital in the nation. Source: Internet