Section 22-B4103. MAJOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

 

4103.1Except for the acquisition of major medical equipment solely for research, no person or HCF shall acquire (in whole or in part) through lease, rental, donation, or any comparable arrangement, or put into operation, major medical equipment (a single unit or system with related functions) without first obtaining a CON. 

 

4103.2A HCF acquiring major medical equipment solely for research shall notify SHPDA in writing of its intent to acquire the equipment and describe the use to be made of the major medical equipment.

 

4103.3If major medical equipment is acquired by a lease or comparable arrangement, or any other type of transfer by two (2) or more persons acting in concert, and if the aggregate cost of the acquisition would be one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) or more, or two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or more for a single piece of diagnostic equipment, if the acquisition had been by purchase at fair market value, the acquisition shall be deemed an acquisition of major medical equipment requiring CON review, notwithstanding that the cost or value to each participating person of that acquisition may be less than the monetary threshold for major medical equipment.

 

 

authority

§ 22 of the Health Services Planning Program Re-establishment Act of 1996 (Act), effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-191; D.C. Official Code § 44-421 (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 5569 (December 17, 1982), enacting Proposed Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 4742 (October 29, 1982); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 1666 (February 28, 2014).