# North Carolina — Certificate of Need capital expenditure thresholds by US state — dollar thresholds by facility type, covered services, reviewing agencies, and program status

For North Carolina, con program status is active; hospital capital threshold ($) is a capital expenditure exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000); non-hospital capital threshold ($) is a capital expenditure exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000); major medical equipment costing more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) is separately reviewable; repeal date is N/A; statutory citation is N.C. Gen. Stat. §131E-176(16)b, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** North Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CON program status:** active _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Hospital capital threshold ($):** a capital expenditure exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Non-hospital capital threshold ($):** a capital expenditure exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000); major medical equipment costing more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) is separately reviewable _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Repeal date:** N/A _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** N.C. Gen. Stat. §131E-176(16)b _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> the obligation by any person of a capital expenditure exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000) to develop or expand a health service or a health service facility, or which relates to the provision of a health service.

## Source

- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_131E/GS_131E-176.html

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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