10A NCAC 13F .0202       THE LICENSE

(a)  Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 131D-2.4, the Department shall issue an adult care home license to any person who submits the application material according to Rule .0204 of this Section and the Department determines that the applicant complies with the provisions of all State adult care home licensure statutes and rules of this Subchapter. All applications for a new license shall disclose the names of individuals who are co-owners, partners, or shareholders holding an ownership or controlling interest of five percent or more of the applicant entity.

(b)  The license shall be posted in a publicly viewable place in the home.

(c)  When a provisional license is issued according to G.S. 131D-2.7, the administrator shall post the provisional license and a copy of the notice from the Division of Health Service Regulation identifying the reasons for it, in a publicly viewable place in the home and in place of the full license.

(d)  The license is not transferable or assignable.

(e)  An adult care home shall be licensed only as an adult care home and not for any other level of care or licensable entity or service. The license shall be terminated when the home is licensed to provide a higher level of care or a combination of a higher level of care and adult care home level of care.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131D-2.4; 131D-2.7; 131D-2.16; 131D-4.5; 143B-165;

Eff. January 1, 1977;

Readopted Eff. October 31, 1977;

Temporary Amendment Eff. July 1, 2003;

Amended Eff. June 1, 2004;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 6, 2018;

Amended Eff. June 1, 2020.