After notice and opportunity for hearing pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-830 of this title, the State Department of Health may:

1. Deny a license to an applicant who does not meet the requirements for licensure pursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto;

2. Refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license to a licensee or home which is not in compliance with the provisions of the Residential Care Act or the rules of the State Board of Health promulgated pursuant thereto;

3. Deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license to an applicant, licensee, or home which has a history of noncompliance or incomplete or partial compliance with the provisions of the Residential Care Act or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto or for which there is other satisfactory evidence which demonstrates that the applicant or licensee is unlikely to manage or operate a home or to provide care or treatment to the residents of a home in a manner which warrants public trust;

4. Deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license to an applicant or licensee who has insufficient financial or other resources to the extent that the applicant or licensee is incapable of assuring or providing adequate care or treatment to the residents of the home;

5. Deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license to an applicant or licensee who has been convicted of a felony in connection with the management or operation of a home, or facility as defined in Section 1-1902 of this title, or the care or treatment of a resident of the home, or facility as defined in Section 1-1902 of this title;

6. Deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license if an administrator or operator of a home has been convicted of a felony in connection with the management or operation of a home, or facility as defined in Section 1-1902 or 1-1950.1 of this title, or care or treatment of a resident of the home, or facility as defined in Section 1-1902 of this title;

7. Deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license to an applicant or licensee who has permitted, aided, or abetted the commission of any illegal act in connection with the management or operation of a home or the care or treatment of a resident of a home;

8. Refuse to renew a license if, at the time application is made for the renewal of the license, the licensee or home is subject to a plan of correction. The license may be renewed at such time as the required corrections are completed in the manner and time specified in the plan of correction. If a license is issued or renewed with a plan of correction, such license may be suspended if the required corrections are not completed in the manner and time specified in the plan of correction; or

9. Suspend or revoke a license if the licensee has failed to submit a plan of correction or to correct conditions as required in a plan of correction pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-831 of this title.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 128, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 98, § 8, emerg. eff. May 20, 1987; Laws 2001, c. 410, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.