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144.5509 RADIATION THERAPY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION.
    (a) A radiation therapy facility may be constructed only by an entity owned, operated,
or controlled by a hospital licensed according to sections 144.50 to 144.56 either alone or
in cooperation with another entity.
    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), there shall be a two-year moratorium on the construction
of any radiation therapy facility located in the following counties: Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota,
Washington, Anoka, Carver, Scott, St. Louis, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, Chisago, Isanti, and
Wright. This paragraph does not apply to the relocation or reconstruction of an existing facility
owned by a hospital if the relocation or reconstruction is within one mile of the existing facility.
This paragraph does not apply to a radiation therapy facility that is being built attached to a
community hospital in Wright County and meets the following conditions prior to August 1, 2007:
the capital expenditure report required under Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.17, has been filed
with the commissioner of health; a timely construction schedule is developed, stipulating dates for
beginning, achieving various stages, and completing construction; and all zoning and building
permits applied for. This paragraph expires August 1, 2009.
History: 1Sp2003 c 14 art 7 s 42; 2006 c 190 s 1; 2007 c 147 art 11 s 2

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