35-2-904. Issuance of license; fee; duration; renewal; transferability; provisional licenses; procedures.
(a) The division shall issue a license under this act:
(i) If the applicant is in compliance with this act and in substantial compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act; and
(ii) Upon payment of a license fee for each health care facility as specified in subsection (g) of this section. The department may adopt rules which provide for reasonable fees for health care facilities not specified in subsection (g) of this section in amounts not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) designed to recover administrative and operational expenses of the department in conducting its licensure program under this article for those facilities.
(b) Licenses are issued for a period of one (1) year beginning on July 1 of the year of issuance and ending on June 30 of the succeeding year. The full fee is due whether the license is issued for the entire year or for part of the year.
(c) Licenses are renewed annually upon payment of the license fee unless suspended or revoked pursuant to W.S. 35-2-905.
(d) Fees collected under this act shall be deposited in the general fund.
(e) Licenses are not assignable or transferable.
(f) Applicants not complying with this act and not substantially complying with the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act may be granted a provisional license subject to restrictions imposed by the division if the operation of the facility will not endanger the health, safety and welfare of patients. All applicants found in noncompliance shall be notified of the reason for noncompliance.
(g) Health care facilities shall be assessed the following fees:
(i) Adult day care facility . . . . . . $250.00;
(ii) Adult foster care home . . . . . . $250.00;
(iii) Ambulatory surgical center . . . $500.00;
(iv) Assisted living facility:
(A) For a facility with a bed capacity of at least one (1) but not more than twenty-five (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$250.00;
(B) For a facility with a bed capacity of more than twenty-five (25) but not more than fifty (50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00;
(C) For a facility with a bed capacity of more than fifty (50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00.
(v) Birthing center . . . . . . . . . . $500.00;
(vi) Boarding home in an amount established by the department within this range . . . . . $500.00-$750.00;
(vii) Critical access hospital . . . . $500.00;
(viii) Renal dialysis center . . . . . $500.00;
(ix) Freestanding diagnostic testing center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00;
(x) Freestanding emergency center . . . $500.00;
(xi) Home health agency . . . . . . . . $150.00;
(xii) Hospice facility . . . . . . . . $250.00;
(xiii) Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00;
(xiv) Intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00;
(xv) Medical assistance facility . . . $250.00;
(xvi) Nursing care facility:
(A) For a facility with a bed capacity of at least one (1) but not more than twenty-five (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00;
(B) For a facility with a bed capacity of more than twenty-five (25) but not more than fifty (50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00;
(C) For a facility with a bed capacity of more than fifty (50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00.
(xvii) Psychiatric hospital . . . . . $1,000.00;
(xviii) Rehabilitation facility . . . . $500.00;
(xix) Rehabilitation hospital . . . . . $500.00.
(h) In addition to the fees imposed under subsection (g) of this section, if a licensed health care facility changes its name, location or number of beds, the facility shall pay a fee in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a revised license.