Quality CON - Government Oversight System
*Since the planning area is all adjacent counties.  The quality CON criteria will never be met.
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*All hospitals except one could close in Lexington and this criterion would not be met.  Actually, they all could close and the Criterion still would not be met.
*I call this the “Existing Hospital Protection Clause.”  A similar clause can be found with all criterion.
All information in this slide presentation is the express opinion of Health Watch USA.