Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-17 - Nursing Homes › Section 3701-17-03 - License fee; application; issuance; revocation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The operator of a nursing home shall
			 submit an initial application and pay the application fee specified in section
			 3721.02 of the Revised Code. The
			 initial application and the application fee required under this paragraph shall
			 be submitted to the director and the fee shall be made payable to the
			 "treasurer, state of Ohio" in the form of a check or money order. The
			 department shall deposit the fee in the state treasury to the credit of the
			 general operations fund created by section
			 3701.83 of the Revised Code, and
			 the fee shall not be refunded.
(B)
			 Every applicant for a license to operate a nursing home shall truthfully and
			 fully complete and submit an application to the director not less than sixty
			 days before the proposed opening of the nursing home. Such application shall be
			 made on a form prescribed and furnished by the director.
(C) The initial application for a license to
			 operate a nursing home shall be accompanied by:
(1) A statement by the applicant of the
			 status of the proposed nursing home 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, on a form prescribed and furnished by the
			 director, showing that the applicant has the financial ability to staff, equip,
			 and operate the nursing home in accordance with Chapter 3721. of the Revised
			 Code, and rules
			 3701-17-01 to
			 3701-17-26 of the
			 Administrative Code, and that the applicant has sufficient capital or financial
			 reserve to cover not less than four months' 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, 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 nursing home is housed, the name of each person who has an ownership
			 interest of five per cent or more in the buildings;
(c) If the operator does not own the legal
			 rights associated with the ownership and operation of the nursing homes beds,
			 the name of each person who has an ownership interest of five per cent or more
			 in the nursing home beds;
(d) The
			 name and address of any nursing home 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;
(e) The
			 name, business address and telephone number of the administrator of the nursing
			 home, if different from the operator;
(f) The name, business address and telephone
			 number of any management firm or business employed to manage the nursing
			 home;
(g) The name, business
			 address, and telephone number of the statutory agent of the operator;
			 and
(h) The name, business address,
			 and telephone number of the statutory agent of the owner of the legal rights
			 associated with the ownership and operation of the nursing home beds.
(4) Copies of the certificate of
			 use required by paragraph (A) of rule
			 3701-17-22
			 of the Administrative Code.
The operator or administrator shall notify the director in
				writing of any changes in the information contained in this paragraph. The
				operator or administrator shall provide this notification no later than ten
				days after the change occurs.