50-5-201. License requirements. (1) A facility or licensee considering construction of or alteration or addition to a health care facility shall submit plans and specifications to the department for preliminary inspection and approval prior to commencing construction.
(2) A person may not operate a health care facility unless the facility is licensed by the department. Licenses may be issued for a period of 1 to 3 years in duration. A license is valid only for the person and premises for which it was issued. A license may not be sold, assigned, or transferred.
(3) Upon discontinuance of the operation or upon transfer of ownership of a facility, the license must be returned to the department.
(4) Licenses must be displayed in a conspicuous place near the admitting office of the facility.
History: En. Sec. 161, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 105, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-5203; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 37, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 347, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 405, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 415, L. 1993.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 5. Hospitals and Related Facilities
50-5-201. License requirements
50-5-203. Application for license
50-5-204. Issuance and renewal of licenses -- inspections
50-5-207. Denial, suspension, or revocation of health care facility license -- provisional license
50-5-210. Department to make rules -- standards for hospices
50-5-211. Hospital hospice programs -- exemptions from separate licensure
50-5-212. Organ procurement program required
50-5-213. Requirements for home infusion therapy services
50-5-214. Requirements for retirement homes
50-5-215. Standards for adult foster care homes
50-5-216. Limitation on care provided in adult foster care home
50-5-217. through 50-5-219 reserved
50-5-220. Licensure of outdoor behavioral programs -- exemption
50-5-222. and 50-5-223 reserved
50-5-224. Renumbered 53-21-199
50-5-225. Assisted living facilities -- services to residents -- employee background checks
50-5-226. Placement in assisted living facilities
50-5-227. Licensing assisted living facilities
50-5-232. Patient protection account -- deposit of funds
50-5-233. Designation of critical access hospitals -- adoption of rules
50-5-235. Hourly limitation waivable by department or department's designee
50-5-236. and 50-5-237 reserved
50-5-238. Licensure of intermediate care facility for developmentally disabled -- rulemaking
50-5-239. through 50-5-244 reserved
50-5-245. Department to license specialty hospitals -- standards -- rulemaking -- moratorium
50-5-246. Specialty hospital application process -- impact study
50-5-247. Licensure of eating disorder centers -- rulemaking -- definition