(a) No permit or license shall be issued by any county or state officer for the development, construction, expansion, alteration, conversion, initiation, or modification of a health care facility or health care service, other than an existing hospital, or for the operation of a new health care facility or health care service unless there is submitted in connection with the application for such permit or license a current certificate of need issued by the state agency or a statement issued by the state agency that the health care facility or health care service is not required to hold a certificate of need under this part.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-49

  • Certificate of need: means an authorization, when required pursuant to § 323D-43, to construct, expand, alter, or convert a health care facility or to initiate, expand, develop, or modify a health care service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Health: includes physical and mental health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
  • health care service: include any program, institution, place, building, or agency, or portion thereof, private or public, other than federal facilities or services, whether organized for profit or not, used, operated, or designed to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, nursing, rehabilitative, or preventive care to any person or persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
  • State agency: means the state health planning and development agency established in § 323D-11. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
(b) No building permit shall be issued by any county or state officer for the development, construction, expansion, alteration, conversion, initiation, or modification of an existing hospital unless there is submitted in connection with the application for such building permit a current certificate of need issued by the state agency or a statement issued by the state agency that the existing hospital is not required to hold a certificate of need under this part.