§ 63-1-857.2. Decision granting or denying certificate of need for new long-term care facility - Written findings of facts, conclusions of law and explanations required.

The Department is hereby directed, with respect to any decision granting or denying a certificate of need for a new long-term care facility, to issue in writing findings of fact, conclusions of law, and explanations of any other pertinent considerations, including precedents, upon which such decision is based.  The Department shall be allowed forty-five (45) days within which to issue a formal order and opinion to the applicant and any parties opposed to the application after the conclusion of the hearing, or after the submission of additional evidence or briefs requested by the Department.

Added by Laws 1988, p. 1896, S.J.R. No. 49, § 5. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 227, § 14.