(a) Any person may submit to the Office an application for a certificate of need, provided that the required notice period has passed since the receipt by the Office of a notice of intent for the project or provided the Office has waived the notice of intent requirement.

(b) A single application may be filed for a project that includes more than one action listed individually in Health and Safety Code Section 437.10 when the entire project can be shown by the applicant to be interdependent. As used in this section, “interdependent” shall mean inseverable for purposes of making a decision.

(c) An applicant may submit two or more applications simultaneously and request the Office to process the applications together. For each application submitted a separate fee shall be paid.

(d) The applicant shall submit an original and the required copies of the application (not to exceed five copies) to the specific address identified by the Office. Such application shall be on the forms and in the manner prescribed by the Office and shall be accompanied by the required fee.

(e) The applicant shall, concurrently with submission to the Office, submit the number of copies required by the area agency, not to exceed ten copies.

(f) The applicant shall submit with the application evidence regarding all of the applicable criteria set forth in Article 11.

(g) The applicant's failure to respond within six months to notification that the application is incomplete shall constitute withdrawal of the application.