Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.300 (2026)

Citation of law

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MO-REVrevisor.mo.gov Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

  197.300.  Citation of law. — Sections 197.300 to 197.366 shall be known as the "Missouri Certificate of Need Law".

­­--------

(L. 1979 H.B. 222 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1362)

Effective 7-12-96

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 1981–2012 · leading case: Nat'l Gerimedical Hosp. & Gerontology Ctr. v. Blue Cross of Kansas City, 452 U.S. 378 (1981).
Nat'l Gerimedical Hosp. & Gerontology Ctr. v. Blue Cross of Kansas City, 452 U.S. 378 (1981). “Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.300 et seq. (Supp. 1980).”
Dep't of Soc. Servs., Div. of Med. Servs. v. Senior Citizens Nursing Home Dist. of Ray Cnty., 224 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). “Certificate of Need MHFRC is the agency within DHSS that administers the CoN laws, §§ 197.300 to 197.366. 1 “The purpose of the certificate of need program is to reduce unnecessary duplication in health care facilities and to reduce the cost of health care.”
West Cnty. Care Ctr., Inc. v. Missouri Health Facilities Review Comm., 773 S.W.2d 474 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “305 provides: As used in sections 197.300 to 197.365, the following terms mean: (1) "Affected person", the person proposing the development of a new health care service, the public to be served, the health systems agency and health care facilities within the service area in…”
Mercy Hospitals East Communities v. Missouri Health Facilities Review Comm., 362 S.W.3d 415 (Mo. 2012). “FACTS The certificate of need law, (CON Law), sections 197.300 to 197.366, RSMo Supp. 2006, conditions the construction of a new health care facility or expansion of an existing health care facility on the issuance of a certificate of need by the MHFRC.”
Missouri Health Care Ass'n v. Missouri Health Facilities Review Comm., 777 S.W.2d 241 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “In the petition the Association asked the court to review the decision of the defendant Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee (Committee) that the Missouri certificate of need law, §§ 197.300 to 197.365, 1 does not apply to a proposed health care facility that defendant…”
In re Weier, 994 S.W.2d 554 (Mo. 1999). · cites it 2× “In order to obtain approval for the device, it is necessary to file a certificate of need (CON) with the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee under section 197.300 et seq., RSMo 1986. 4 Dr.”
State Ex Rel. Missouri Health Care Ass'n v. Missouri Health Facilities Review Comm., 768 S.W.2d 559 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). “5, RSMo 1986, provides that no agency or state government may appropriate or grant funds to any person or health *561 care facility which has not first obtained a CON in compliance of §§ 197.300 to 197.-365, RSMo 1986. In carrying out its duties MHFRC must issue in writing its…”
EBG Health Care III, Inc. v. Missouri Health Facilities Review Comm., 12 S.W.3d 354 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). “305 are applicable to §§ 197.300 - 197.366, RSMo. . The moratorium continues to exist because the legislature amended § 197.”
FTC v. Tenet Healthcare Corp., 17 F. Supp. 2d 937 (E.D. Mo. 1998). · cites it 2× “Mo.Rev.Stat. § 197.300 et seq. (1994). The approval process for a CON application can take over two years, excluding construction time.”
Se. Missouri Hosp. Ass'n v. Missouri Dep't of Soc. Servs., Div. of Med. Servs., 886 S.W.2d 94 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994). “Pursuant to § 197.300 et seq., a health care provider wishing to expand or renovate its facility must obtain a Certificate of Need (“CON”).”
McKnight Place Extended Care, L.L.C. v. Missouri Health Facilities Review Comm., 142 S.W.3d 228 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “The Committee is a state agency created by section 197.300 through 197.367. The Committee is the agency charged with administering the Missouri Certificate of Need Law.”
State ex rel. Integrated Health Servs. v. Missouri Health Facilities Review Comm., 814 S.W.2d 677 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991). “The petition alleged Respondent Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee (“Review Committee”) denied Appellants their rights under § 197.300, et. seq., RSMo.1986 and pertinent sections of the Missouri Certificate of Need Law as amended, RSMo.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.