If an applicant for licensure under the Residential Care Act has not been previously licensed, or if a home is not in operation at the time application is made, the State Department of Health shall issue a probationary license. A probationary license shall be valid for one hundred twenty (120) days unless sooner suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care Act.
1. Prior to the issuance of a probationary license, the Department shall:
2. Within thirty (30) days prior to the termination of a probationary license, the Department shall completely inspect the home and, if the home meets the applicable rules for licensure, shall issue a license pursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto. If at the end of an extension of the probationary license, the home is not in substantial compliance with the provisions of the Residential Care Act and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, the license shall be denied and the Department shall take such action as necessary and as authorized pursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care Act for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the home.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 128, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 98, § 6, emerg. eff. May 20, 1987; Laws 2001, c. 410, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.