(A) Practice of medicine/health practitioner’s office. The CON program shall not attempt to regulate the practice of medicine. The CON program does not apply to a health practitioner’s office, nor does it apply to a group of health practitioners practicing medicine within the county, unless those practitioners are establishing a new health care facility.
(B) Existing health care facilities. The CON program shall not apply to any health care facility operating in the county prior to the enactment of this program, nor shall the program apply to the establishment of new health care facilities or services upon the campus of those facilities. Additionally, the CON program shall not apply to the replacement or modernization of any health care facility operating in the county prior to the enactment of this program.
(C) Facilities under development. The CON program shall not apply to any health care facility in the county that is under development prior to the enactment of this program, nor shall the program apply to the establishment of new health care facilities or services upon the campus of those facilities.
(D) Force majure. The CON program shall not apply to replacement or repair of a health care facility or service due to, but not limited to, acts of God, government restrictions, wars, insurrections and/or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the party whose facility or service is affected.
(E) County Public Health Department. The CON program shall not apply to any facility or service operated by the local health department, as defined by I.C. 16-18-2-211.
(F) Establishment of health care facility by unit of government. The CON program shall not apply to any health care facility or service established by a unit of government, as that term is defined in I.C. 36-1-2-23, located within the county.
(G) Health care facilities defined in I.C. 16-18-2-167 and licensed under I.C. 16-28. The CON program shall not apply to a new or expanded health care facility licensed under I.C. 16-28 and defined in I.C. 16-18-2-167.
(H) Health care facilities licensed under I.C. 12-25. The CON program shall not apply to a new or expanded private mental health institution licensed under I.C. 12-25.
(Ord. O-C-06-1, passed - -)