# Alabama — Certificate of need programs by US state

For Alabama, has con program is yes; facilities covered is general hospitals, specialized hospitals, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, rehabilitation centers, hospice service providers, home health agencies, HMOs, ambulatory surgery centers, kidney disease treatment centers; moratorium is No; statute citation is Ala. Code § 22-21-260, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19; source re-checked 2026-09-01.

- **State:** Alabama _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Has CON program:** yes _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Facilities covered:** general hospitals, specialized hospitals, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, rehabilitation centers, hospice service providers, home health agencies, HMOs, ambulatory surgery centers, kidney disease treatment centers
- **Moratorium:** No
- **Statute citation:** Ala. Code § 22-21-260

## What the source says

> Alabama Health Care Facility Licensing/Certification Agency | <http://shpda.alabama.gov/> Alabama Health Planning and Development Agency | Certificate of Need Law | <https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama> Ala. Code § 22-21-260 |

## Source

- https://www.ncsl.org/health/certificate-of-need-state-laws

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-02-15.
Part of [Certificate of need programs by US state](https://referencesource.org/state-certificate-of-need-programs/).