{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-187","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-187","heading":"Issuance of a certificate of need.","body":"(a),(b)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2009-373, s. 1, effective July 31, 2009.\n(c)\tThe Department shall issue a certificate of need in accordance with the time line requirements of this section but only after all applicable conditions of approval that can be satisfied before issuance of the certificate of need have been met. The Department shall issue a certificate of need within:\n(1)\tThirty-five days of the date of the decision referenced in G.S. 131E-186, when no request for a contested case hearing has been filed in accordance with G.S. 131E-188.\n(2)\tFive business days after it receives a file-stamped copy of the notice of voluntary dismissal, unless the voluntary dismissal is a stipulation of dismissal without prejudice.\n(3)\tThirty-five days of the date of the written notice of the final agency decision affirming or approving the issuance, unless a notice of appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals is timely filed.\n(4)\tTwenty days after a mandate is issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals affirming the issuance of a certificate of need, unless a notice of appeal or petition for discretionary review to the North Carolina Supreme Court is timely filed.\n(5)\tFive business days after the North Carolina Supreme Court issues a mandate affirming the issuance of a certificate of need or an order declining to certify the case for discretionary review if the order declining to certify the case disposes of the appeal in its entirety. (1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1182, s. 2; 1983, c. 775, s. 1; 1987, c. 511, s. 1; 2009-373, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 131E. Health Care Facilities and Services.","Article 9. Certificate of Need."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_131E/GS_131E-187.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:12Z","sha256":"c3780ebbf12d53f599f9ec87cd46e847c5fbcefff45039f0ba4318b27665d8f3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-186","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-188"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}