NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

The Department of Health (Department) has received an application for a Certificate of Need (CON) for the diagnostic imaging project described below. Project/Activity: Construction of a New Medical Office Building and Acquisition of an MRI. Project Applicant: Petersburg Medical Center. Project/Activity Service Area: Petersburg Borough and surrounding remote Census Area Communities in Southeast Alaska. Project Description: Petersburg Medical Center seeks to establish a new medical office building primarily to expand imaging services, which will house an added 1.5T Siemens MRI unit and additional administrative and community spaces. The total square footage of the building will be 18,900, with 1,329 sq ft being MRI space. Project Estimated Cost: $24,425,422. Project Estimated Completion Date: Summer of 2025. Concurrent Review Notice: In accordance with 7 AAC 07.042, notice is hereby given that any person planning to submit a CON application for a similar activity in the same proposed service area must submit a Letter of Intent within 25 days of this notice to allow the Department to prepare a concurrent review of all applications. The letter of intent must include: A clear, complete, and current description of the proposed activity, including a description of each component of the activity proposed to be undertaken. An estimate of the total cost of the project. An estimated starting date and completion date for the proposed activity. To be reviewed concurrently: The letter of intent must be submitted no later than 4:30 PM, Monday, August 18, 2025, via email to doh.orr.con@alaska.gov and mailed in hard copy to the following address: Heidi Barnes Department of Health, Certificate of Need Program 3601 C Street, Suite 978 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 A complete CON application must be submitted within 60 days after the initial application for a service is declared complete. As soon as the initial application is declared complete, public notice will be issued and will include information on opportunities for public comment and the location where a copy of each certificate of need application can be reviewed. DATE: July 23, 2025