The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
005
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HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9443)
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§ 9443. Expiration of certificates of need
(a) Unless otherwise specified in the certificate of need, a project shall be implemented
within five years or the certificate shall be invalid.
(b) Not later than 180 days before the expiration date of a certificate of need, an applicant
that has not yet implemented the project approved in the certificate of need may petition
the Board for an extension of the implementation period. The Board may grant an extension
in its discretion.
(c) Certificates of need shall expire on the date the Board accepts the final implementation
report filed in connection with the project implemented pursuant to the certificate.
(d) An action or expenditure that is related to a service or expenditure that was the
subject of a certificate of need shall not be considered a material or nonmaterial
change to that project if the original certificate of need expired, as provided in
this section, at least two years before the action is proposed. The proposed action
shall require a certificate of need only if the change itself would be considered
a new health care project under section 9434 of this title. (Added 1979, No. 65, § 1; amended 1985, No. 234 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1987, No. 96, § 1; 1991, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. May 11, 1992; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 31; 2009, No. 49, § 12; 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 20d, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 2023, No. 6, § 239, eff. July 1, 2023.)