(a) The office director shall adopt regulations for the implementation of this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the office director may suspend the operation of any or all of the following provisions or requirements of this chapter:
(1) The administrative appeals process for certificate-of-need applications established by Sections 127250 to 127270, inclusive. Nothing in this section shall be construed, however, to limit the availability of judicial review of a decision of the office director or of the Advisory Health Council as provided in Section 127275.
(2) The notification of intent required by Section 127225.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the office and the area health planning agencies shall not implement the requirements of subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 1513 of the Public Health Service Act. To the extent required by federal law, the office and area health planning agencies shall request from the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services a waiver from those requirements.
(d) The Governor shall not execute an agreement with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Section 1122 of Public Law 92-603 as the section existed on January 1, 1981.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)