Iowa Code § 135B.5A
Conversion relative to certain hospitals
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 135B — Licensure and Regulation of Hospitals · Status: effective
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- Iowa Code § 135B.5A, Conversion relative to certain hospitals, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2224070
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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.