Ongoing compliance with standards.
If the department issues a certificate of need (CON), it will be conditioned to require ongoing compliance with the CON standards. Failure to meet the standards may be grounds for revocation or suspension of a hospital's CON, or other appropriate licensing or certification actions.
(1) Hospitals granted a certificate of need must meet:
(a) The program procedure volume standards within three years from the date of initiating the program; and
(2) The department may reevaluate these standards every three years.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
70.38.128. WSR 09-01-113, ยง 246-310-755, filed 12/19/08, effective 12/19/08.]