2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 11. Long-Term Care Facilities and Services › Subchapter I. Licensing By The State › § 1104. License and renewal application.

§ 1104. License and renewal application.
(a) An application for a license or renewal of a license shall be submitted to the Division on forms provided by the Division and must be accompanied by the applicable license fee.
(b) In addition to the general information requested on the application forms, the applicant or license holder must furnish evidence to affirmatively establish the applicant's or license holder's ability to comply with all of the following:
(1) Minimum standards of medical care or nursing care, as applicable by type of facility.
(2) Financial capability.
(3) Any other applicable state and federal laws and regulations for that category of facility.
(c) The Department shall consider the background and qualifications of the applicant or license holder and it may also consider the background and qualifications of all of the following:
(1) Any partner, officer, director, or managing employee of the applicant or license holder.
(2) Any person who owns or controls the physical plant in which the facility operates or is to operate.
(3) Any controlling person with respect to the facility for which a license or license renewal is requested.
(d) In making the evaluation described in subsection (c) of this section, the Department shall require the applicant or license holder to file a sworn affidavit of a satisfactory compliance history and any other information required by the Department to substantiate a satisfactory compliance history relating to each state or other jurisdiction in which the applicant operated a facility any time during the 5-year period preceding the date on which the application is made. The Department by regulation shall define what constitutes a satisfactory compliance history. The Department may also require the applicant to file information relating to its financial condition during the 5-year period preceding the date on which the application is made. The Department may also request any of the above-described information about any other person described by subsection (c) of this section.
(e) The Department may monitor the financial capability and financial health of licensed long-term care facilities. The Department shall promulgate regulations regarding the financial disclosure requirements for long-term care facilities and documents provided are not public records under the Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 100 of Title 29.
(f) (1) The license shall terminate if and when there is a transfer of a long-term care facility to another person or controlling person or the business ceases legal existence or discontinues operation.
(2) No license granted by the Department shall be assigned or otherwise transferred to another person or controlling person.
(g) The Department shall grant an initial license to any newly established long-term care facility, provided that the requirements of this section are met. The term of such initial license may be no more than 365 days.
(h) A license, unless sooner suspended or revoked, may be renewed annually upon filing by the licensee and payment of an annual licensure fee. A provisional license, as authorized by the Department, may be issued when requirements are not met and the annual licensure fee has been submitted. A long-term care facility which has been issued a provisional license shall resubmit the application fee for re-inspection prior to the issuance of an annual license.
71 Del. Laws, c. 488, §  2;  72 Del. Laws, c. 305, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 206, § 5;