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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 32.03.04.03" title_num="32" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="04" heading="Certificate Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant for a certificate shall submit to the Department:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Documentation that verifies that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The facility in which the applicant proposes to provide congregate housing services is owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the applicant; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The applicant has entered into a written agreement with the owner or management of the facility that specifies that the applicant is to be the sole congregate housing services provider for residents in the facility; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A statement under oath from the owner or manager of the facility stating that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The facility is in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations that govern housing, life safety, zoning, and environmental health; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The facility's structural systems, heating, hot and cold water, electricity, plumbing, artificial and natural lighting, sewage, ventilation, and any other physical components governed by law or regulation, are safe, sanitary, functional, adequate, and in compliance with State and local law.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility shall conform to all of the applicable rules, regulations, and standards of any government agency through which it is financed, insured, or subsidized, including the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Rural Housing Service, or the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An applicant shall also submit evidence to the Department that demonstrates that the applicant has the capacity to deliver the services required by this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Evidence submitted to meet the requirements of §C of this regulation shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A statement of the mission, goals, and objectives of the applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Information about the applicant's experience providing services to the elderly;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A description of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>All the services to be provided; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A proposed fee schedule;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An operating budget that supports the proposed fee schedule and identifies:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The anticipated sources of revenue; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Service utilization assumptions;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A proposed weekly staffing pattern;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Proposed salary schedules;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A sample 4-week menu cycle that has been reviewed and approved in writing by a registered dietician;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A statement of the applicant's goals and objectives for providing services at the facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Any other relevant information requested by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>