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(B) alteration of the bed capacity of a health care facility;

(D) conversion of a building or part of a building to a nursing home that requires licensure under AS 47.32;

(2) “acute care hospital” has the meaning given “hospital” in AS 47.32.900;

(3) “ambulatory surgical center” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(4) “applicant” means a person who has submitted an originating application or a competing application;

(5) “certificate of need” has the meaning given “certificate” in AS 18.07.111;

(6) “certified estimate” means an estimate developed by a professional architect or engineer licensed under AS 08.48, or by an individual who is qualified to estimate the cost of health care facility equipment, demolition, and construction;

(7) “change in bed capacity” means the addition, reduction, relocation, or redistribution of beds by licensure classification within a health care facility;

(8) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;

(9) “concurrent application” means a certificate of need application submitted to the department in which the applicant is proposing to provide a similar activity, including a change in bed capacity, in the same service area for which an originating application has already been submitted;

(10) “construction” has the meaning given in AS 18.07.111;

(11) “critical access hospital” means a facility that is a hospital licensed in the state that satisfies the criteria set out in 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4(c)(2)(B) and meets the conditions of participation set out in 42 C.F.R. 485.601 — 485.647;

(12) “day” means calendar day;

(13) “demolition” means the tearing down, razing, destroying, or taking apart of an existing structure;

(14) “department” means the Department of Health;

(15) “diagnostic testing” means an evaluation performed to aid in the diagnosis or detection of disease, to measure the progress or recovery from disease, or to confirm the absence of disease;

(16) “equipment”

(A) means an installed device or system of devices necessary for the safe,

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(B) alteration of the bed capacity of a health care facility;

(D) conversion of a building or part of a building to a nursing home that requires licensure under AS 47.32;

(2) “acute care hospital” has the meaning given “hospital” in AS 47.32.900;

(3) “ambulatory surgical center” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(4) “applicant” means a person who has submitted an originating application or a competing application;

(5) “certificate of need” has the meaning given “certificate” in AS 18.07.111;

(7) “change in bed capacity” means the addition, reduction, relocation, or redistribution of beds by licensure classification within a health care facility;

(8) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;

(10) “construction” has the meaning given in AS 18.07.111;

(12) “day” means calendar day;

(13) “demolition” means the tearing down, razing, destroying, or taking apart of an existing structure;

(14) “department” means the Department of Health;

(15) “diagnostic testing” means an evaluation performed to aid in the diagnosis or detection of disease, to measure the progress or recovery from disease, or to confirm the absence of disease;

(16) “equipment”

(A) means an installed device or system of devices necessary for the safe,