CERTIFICATE OF NEED

EXEMPTIONS

The Agency for Health Care Administration authorized the following exemptions pursuant to Section 408.036(3), Florida Statutes:

County: Pinellas                                           District: 5

ID # 0500012             Decision:   A             Issue Date: 5/16/2006

Facility/Project: Mease Hospital-Countryside

Applicant: Trustees of Mease Hospital, Inc.

Project Deion: Provide adult emergency percutaneous coronary interventions in a hospital without an approved adult open heart surgery program

Proposed Project Cost: $0