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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="10-421" title_number="10" title_name="Department of Aging" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Continuing Care">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A provider shall compute operating reserves for each facility as of the end of the facility’s most recent fiscal year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When a provider files an application for a renewal certificate of registration, the provider shall show compliance with operating reserve requirements by including with the application:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a letter to the Department from a certified public accountant that states the amount set aside; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a certified financial statement that states the amount set aside.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A provider may apply toward the operating reserves required by § 10-420(b) of this subtitle any reserves, except debt service reserves, that are maintained under applicable financing document requirements if the reserves are available to the provider to meet the facility’s operating expenses.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For the purpose of computing a provider’s operating reserves, investments held to the credit of the reserves shall be calculated at their market value as of the end of the provider’s most recent fiscal year for which a certified financial statement is available.</text>
  </level>
</section>
