It is the purpose of this chapter to assure that there is continuing public scrutiny of certain health-care developments which could negatively affect the quality of health care or threaten the ability of health-care facilities to provide services to the medically indigent. This public scrutiny is to be focused on balancing concerns for cost, access and quality.

61 Del. Laws, c. 393, § ?1; 66 Del. Laws, c. 90, § ?1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 251, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 446, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 64, § ?2;