Certificate of Need Laws: Why Should You Care?

A patient at the South Broward Community Health Services clinic in Hollywood, Fla., on April 15, 2014. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Commentary

Currently, 35 states are bound by certificate of need (CON) laws. In their current manifestation, CON laws regulate a host of health care services and facility expansions, requiring any entity yearning to enter the health care marketplace to provide proof that there is need for the expansion within the community.