1. a) Planning Areas: Health Service Areas as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to P.L. 93-641.

2. b) Utilization Standards:

   There should be a minimum of 200 cardiac catheterization procedures performed annually within two years after initiation.

3. c) Need Determination – Cardiac Catheterization Programs:

   No additional cardiac catheterization service shall be started unless each facility in the planning area offering cardiac catheterization services operates at a level of 400 procedures annually.

(Source: Amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 7311, effective April 1, 1987)