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Certificate of Need

Certificate of Need noun: a legal document issued by a federal or state regulatory agency with authority over an area which affirms that a proposed acquisition, expansion, or creation of a facility falling under that authority is required to fulfill the needs of a community.

Noun

Certificate of Need (plural Certificates of Need)

  1. (US) A legal document issued by a federal or state regulatory agency with authority over an area which affirms that a proposed acquisition, expansion, or creation of a facility falling under that authority is required to fulfill the needs of a community.

Forms of Certificate of Need

pluralCertificates of Need

Questions about Certificate of Need

What does Certificate of Need mean?
Certificate of Need means a legal document issued by a federal or state regulatory agency with authority over an area which affirms that a proposed acquisition, expansion, or creation of a facility falling under that authority is required to fulfill the needs of a community.
What part of speech is Certificate of Need?
Certificate of Need is a noun.
What is the plural of Certificate of Need?
The plural of Certificate of Need is Certificates of Need.

Words near Certificate of Need in the dictionary

  1. certificate of clean criminal record
  2. certificate of conduct
  3. certificate of criminal record
  4. certificate of deposit
  5. certificate of good conduct
  6. Certificate of Need
  7. certificate of no criminal conviction
  8. certificate of occupancy
  9. certificated
  10. certificateless
  11. certificatelessness

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