Iowa § 135B.5A - 135B.5A Conversion relative to certain hospitals.
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§ 135B.5A. 135B.5A Conversion relative to certain hospitals.
1. A conversion of a long-term acute care hospital, rehabilitation hospital, or psychiatric hospital as defined by federal regulations to a general hospital or to a specialty hospital of a different type is a permanent change in bed capacity and shall require a certificate of need pursuant to section 135.62. 2. A conversion of a critical access hospital or general hospital to a rural emergency hospital shall not require a certificate of need pursuant to section 135.62. 3. Any change of a rural emergency hospital in licensure, organizational structure, or type of institutional health facility shall require a certificate of need pursuant to section 135.62. 2018 Acts, ch 1062, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §7, 20, 21; 2025 Acts, ch 120, §67 2023 amendment applies to a facility or, due to change in ownership, a successor facility that was, on or before December 27, 2020, a general hospital with no more than fifty licensed beds, located in a county in a rural area as specified in section 135B.3A with a specified population, and operating on and prior to a specified date under a valid certificate of need; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §20 Section amended Wed Dec 10 22:52:43 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 135B.5A (15, 3)
Source: official Iowa text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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