§ 63-1-851.1. Definitions.
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For purposes of the Long-term Care Certificate of Need Act:
1. "Board" means the State Board of Health;
2. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health;
3. "Department" means the State Department of Health;
4. "Long-term care facility" means:
a. a nursing facility or a specialized facility, as such terms are defined by Section 1-1902 of this title,
b. skilled nursing care provided in a distinct part of a hospital as such term is defined by Section 1-701 of this title,
c. the nursing care component of a continuum of care facility, as such term is defined under the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, or
d. the nursing care component of a life care community as such term is defined by the Long-term Care Insurance Act;
5. "Disclosure statement" means a written statement by the applicant which contains:
a.the full name, business address, and social security number of the applicant, and all persons with controlling interest as defined by the Long-term Care Certificate of Need Act,
b.the full name and address of any legal entity in which the applicant holds a debt or equity interest of at least five percent (5%), or which is a parent company or subsidiary of the applicant,
c.a description of the experience and credentials of the applicant, including any past or present permits, licenses, certifications, or operational authorizations relating to long-term care facility regulation,
d.a listing and explanation of any administrative, civil or criminal legal actions against the applicant or any person with a controlling interest which resulted in a final agency order or final judgment by a court of record including, but not limited to, final orders or judgments on appeal related to long-term care in the five (5) years immediately preceding the filing of the application. Such actions shall include, without limitation, any permit denial or any sanction imposed by a state regulatory authority or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and
e.a listing of any federal long-term care agency and any state long-term care agency outside this state that has or has had regulatory responsibility over the applicant;
6. “History of noncompliance” means three standard or complaint surveys found to be at the substandard quality of care level when the facility does not achieve compliance by date certain in a nursing facility or specialized facility for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders. Additionally, “history of noncompliance” for an intermediate care or specialized facility for persons with mental retardation means three consecutive routine or complaint surveys that resulted in determinations that the facility was out of compliance with two or more Conditions of Participation in the Medicaid program within the preceding thirty-six (36) months when the facility does not achieve compliance within sixty (60) days;
7. “Person” means any individual, corporation, industry, firm, partnership, association, venture, trust, institution, federal, state or local governmental instrumentality, agency or body or any other legal entity however organized; and
8. "Person with a controlling interest" means a person who meets any one or more of the following requirements:
a.controls fifty percent (50%) or more of the common stock of the corporate entity involved or controls fifty percent (50%) or more of the interest in the partnership involved,
b.controls a percentage of stock greater than any other stockholder or equal to the other single largest stockholder or controls a percentage of partnership interest greater than any other partner or equal to the other single largest partnership interest, or
c.a managing member of a Limited Liability Company (LLC).
Added by Laws 1989, c. 227, § 7, operative July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 336, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 223, § 9, emerg. eff. May 20, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 340, § 12, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 285, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 436, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004.