§ 23-17-14.4. Procedures for review.
(a) Within ten (10) working days of receipt, in acceptable form, of an application for
an initial license or a license in connection with a change in the owner, operator,
or lessee of any existing health care facility, the licensing agency will notify and
afford the public an opportunity to comment on the application.
(b) The recommendations of the health services council and the decision of the licensing
agency will be rendered within ninety (90) days of acceptance of the application for
license.
(c) The licensing agency s
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§ 23-17-14.4. Procedures for review.
(a) Within ten (10) working days of receipt, in acceptable form, of an application for
an initial license or a license in connection with a change in the owner, operator,
or lessee of any existing health care facility, the licensing agency will notify and
afford the public an opportunity to comment on the application.
(b) The recommendations of the health services council and the decision of the licensing
agency will be rendered within ninety (90) days of acceptance of the application for
license.
(c) The licensing agency shall promulgate in rules and regulations procedures and criteria
for expedited review of licensure applications. The criteria for expedited review
consideration shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) that
the licensure application is solely for initial licensure; (2) that the legal entity
seeking a license currently is the licensee for one or more Rhode Island licensed
health care facilities whose records of compliance are deemed by the licensing agency
to demonstrate the legal entity's ability and commitment to provide quality health
care services; and (3) that the licensure application demonstrates complete and satisfactory
compliance with review criteria in § 23-17-14.3. The licensing agency shall exercise its discretion in granting expedited review
of license applications and a decision by the licensing agency not to process an application
on an expedited review basis shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal.
(d) The decision of the licensing agency shall be based upon the findings and recommendations
of the health services council unless the licensing agency shall afford written justification
for variance from these findings and recommendations.
(e) All applications reviewed by the licensing agency and all written materials pertinent
to licensing agency review, including minutes of all health services council meetings,
shall be accessible to the public upon request.
(f) Any person holding a valid certificate of need issued pursuant to chapter 15 of this
title, shall be exempt from the requirements of § 23-17-14.3 or 23-17-14.4 of this chapter for initial facility licensure.
(g) Any person holding a valid license for an outpatient rehabilitation center intended
to be operational for less than twelve (12) months and so indicated upon its application
shall surrender its license upon cessation of patient care operations for that operational
season. Within a period not to exceed twelve (12) months from the surrender, the person
may apply for a new license for the identical activities and premises authorized by
the previous but surrendered license, and shall be exempt from the requirements of
§ 23-17-14.3 or 23-17-14.4 for initial facility licensure.