Section 246-310-282. Kidney disease treatment centers—Concurrent review cycle.

The department will review kidney dialysis facility applications using the concurrent review cycle described in this section. There are four concurrent review cycles each year; a cycle begins in January, April, July and October.

(1) Applicants must submit applications for review according to the following table:

(2) The department should complete a concurrent review cycle within nine months. The department should complete the regular review process within six months.

(3) The department will notify applicants fifteen days prior to the scheduled decision date if it is unable to meet the deadline for making a decision on the application. In that event, the department will establish and commit to a new decision date.

(4) The department will not accept new applications for a planning area if there are any pending applications in that planning area filed under a previous concurrent review cycle or applications submitted prior to the effective date of these rules that affect any of the new planning areas, unless the department has not made a decision on the pending applications within the review timelines of nine months for a concurrent review and six months for a regular review.

(5) The department may convert the review of an application that was initially submitted under a concurrent review cycle to a regular review process if the department determines that the application does not compete with another application.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.38.135. WSR 06-24-050, § 246-310-282, filed 12/1/06, effective 1/1/07.]

RCW 70.38.135. WSR 06-24-050, § 246-310-282, filed 12/1/06, effective 1/1/07.