Guam § 7106 - Renewal and Revocation of Nursing Home License; Provisional

§ 7106. Renewal and Revocation of Nursing Home License; Provisional

License.

(a) Sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of a nursing home

license, an application for a renewal thereof shall be submitted to the

Department of Pubic Health and Social Services on a form approved by it.

Upon receipt and review of the application and determination of compliance

with the requirements of this Chapter and any standards, rules and

regulations in force pursuant thereto, the Department of Public Health and

Social Services shall renew such license for a period of one (1) year, unless

it finds that there are specific and sufficient grounds for denying the

application for renewal.

(b) The Department of Public Health and Social Services shall have the

authority to revoke a nursing home license at any time that it finds that there

has been a failure to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or any

standards, rule or regulation in force pursuant thereto.

(c) If the Department of Public Health and Social Services finds that

the immediate interests of the patients in a nursing home and of the general

public would be best served by affording such home the opportunity to

correct a condition forming the ground for revocation of, or refusal to

renew, a nursing home license, it may afford such opportunity. For such

purpose, it may suspend or refuse to renew a nursing home license and issue

a provisional license which shall be valid for such period as the Department

of Public Health and Social Services may fix, but in no case to exceed

ninety (90) days. No provisional license shall be renewed. A provisional

license shall be replaced by a restored or renewed license only if, within the

period for which the provisional license is effective, the licensee has fully

corrected all conditions constituting failure to comply with the provisions of

this Chapter and any standard, rule or regulation in force pursuant thereto.