7 AAC 07.052 - Public notice of complete application

(a) If the department accepts one or more applications as complete, the department will publish notice of that decision under (b) of this section in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the state, and on the Alaska Online Public Notice System established under AS 44.62.175. The department will send a written notice by electronic mail, or, if the recipient has informed the department that it prefers to receive notice by mail or facsimile transmission, then the department will send notice by the chosen option, to each health care facility located in the proposed service area, to each person who has requested notification, and to each person that the department believes is interested in the application.

(b) In a notice published under this section, the department will

(1) describe the activity proposed in each application, including the applicant's name, and advise where copies of the application are available for review;

(2) advise that the department has accepted each application as complete;

(3) identify which application is the originating application and which applications are concurrent applications;

(4) if more than one application has been accepted for a similar activity in the same service area, advise that the department will conduct a comparative review;

(5) include the proposed schedule for the review;

(6) include the date, time, and place of a public meeting; a meeting under this paragraph

(A) will be held no less than 15 and no more than 30 days after the date of the publication of the notice; and

(B) may be conducted by teleconference;

(7) state that any person may submit written comments to the department regarding each proposed activity, and that the department will consider those comments if they are received no later than 30 days after the date of the publication of the notice; and

(8) state that any person may request notification of the commissioner's decision on each application under 7 AAC 07.070(f).

Notes

7 AAC 07.052

Eff. 8/14/2005, Register 175; am 1/11/2006, Register 177; am 8/11/2010, Register 195

Authority:AS 18.07.101