Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-16 - Residential Care Facilities › Section 3701-16-03 - Initial, renewal, and change of operator license applications; fees; issuance; revocation; notice

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Not less than
			 sixty days before the proposed opening of a residential care facility, the
			 operator of a residential care facility will submit, on a form prescribed by
			 the director, a completed initial application, and pay the non-refundable
			 application fee specified in division (E) of section
			 3721.02 of the Revised Code,
			 with the fee made payable to the "treasurer, state of Ohio" in the form of a
			 check or money order to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the
			 general operations fund created by division (A) of section
			 3701.83 of the Revised Code. A
			 completed application includes:
(1)
									A statement by the applicant of the status of the
			 proposed residential care facility under any applicable zoning ordinances or
			 rules, or a statement by the applicant that there is no zoning authority where
			 the proposed home is to be located;
(2)
									A statement of
			 financial solvency at the time of initial application, signed by a certified
			 public accountant, on a form provided by the director, showing that the
			 applicant has the financial ability to staff, equip, and operate the
			 residential care facility in accordance with Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code,
			 and rules
			 3701-16-01 to
			 3701-16-18 of the Administrative
			 Code, and that the applicant has sufficient capital or financial reserve to
			 cover not less than three months of operation;
(3)
									A statement
			 containing the following information:
(a)
										If the operator
			 is an individual and owner of the business, the individual's name, address,
			 electronic mail address, and telephone number. If the operator of the business
			 is owned by an association, corporation, or partnership, the business activity,
			 address, and telephone number of the entity and the name of every person who
			 has an ownership interest of five per cent or more in the
			 entity;
(b)
										If the operator does not own the building or buildings
			 or if the operator owns only part of the building or buildings in which the
			 residential care facility is housed, the name of each person who has an
			 ownership interest of five per cent or more in the buildings;
(c)
										The name and
			 address of any residential care facility and any facility described in
			 divisions (A)(1)(a) and (A)(1)(c) of section
			 3721.01 of the Revised Code in
			 which the operator or administrator, or both, have an ownership interest of
			 five per cent or more or with which the operator or administrator have been
			 affiliated with through ownership or employment in the five years prior to the
			 date of the application;
(d)
										The name, business address, electronic mail address,
			 and telephone number of the administrator of the residential care facility, if
			 different from the operator;
(e)
										The name,
			 business address, electronic mail address, and telephone number of any
			 management firm or business employed to manage the residential care facility;
			 and
(f)
										The name, business address, and telephone number of the
			 statutory agent of the operator.
(4)
									Copies of
			 the:
(a)
										Floor
			 plan for the building or area of a building to be licensed as a residential
			 care facility, including beds;
(b)
										Certificate of
			 occupancy obligated by paragraph (A) of rule
			 3701-16-13 of the Administrative
			 Code, showing a use group of R-4, I-1, or I-2;
(c)
										Inspection report
			 of the state fire marshal or a township, municipal, or other legally
			 constituted fire department approved by the state fire marshal obligated by
			 paragraph (A) of rule
			 3701-16-13 of the Administrative
			 Code; and
(d)
										Heating inspection report obligated by paragraph (A) of
			 rule 3701-16-15 of the Administrative
			 Code.