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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.63.06.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="63" chapter_num="06" heading="License Application Process for All Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant for a license, whether accreditation or non-accreditation-based, to provide community-based behavioral health services shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Use the application form required by the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Include the following information with the application:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Verification that the program complies with the program descriptions and criteria set out in this subtitle;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Attestation of compliance with relevant federal, State, or local ordinances, laws, regulations, and orders governing the program;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Disclosure of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Any revocation of a license, certificate, or approval issued within the previous 10 years from any in-State or out-of-State provider previously or currently associated with the applicant, including deficiency reports and compliance records;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Whether the applicant, or a program, corporation, or provider previously or currently associated with the applicant, has surrendered or defaulted on its license, certificate, or approval for reasons related to disciplinary action, within the previous 10 years;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The identity of any individual who has served as a corporate officer for the provider who has had a license, certificate or approval revoked, or has surrendered or defaulted on an approval license, certificate or approval, for reasons related to disciplinary action, within the previous 10 years; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Any criminal conviction of the applicant, or the owner, program director, or other staff of the applicant;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Include the following documents with the application:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A copy of the agreement to cooperate between the program and the CSA, LAA, or LBHA, as appropriate;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Copies of all applicable permits required by local jurisdictions, including fire, safety, and health, for each proposed site, if the program will provide services at a site whose primary function is the delivery of behavioral health services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>All documentation supporting or demonstrating the information disclosed under §A(2)(c) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Include any other information considered necessary and requested by the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Submit the completed application to the Department’s designated approval unit, identifying:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The services that the applicant would provide if licensed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The physical sites where the services would be provided;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the application submitted under §A of this regulation is incomplete or missing any of the documentation required by this regulation, the application shall be returned to the program to provide the missing information, and processing of the application shall stop until the information is provided.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>