{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-135b.5a","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 135B.5A","heading":"Conversion relative to certain hospitals.","body":"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.\n2. 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.\n3. 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.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/135B.5A.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:02Z","sha256":"4918a4252d1aa8af504c64b334bef0653d0afbde4bb023c0eb027a9b9e52f683","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-135b.5","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-135b.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}