A. Every sheltered workshop shall be inspected at least annually by a duly appointed representative of the Department of Human Services pursuant to rules promulgated by the Sheltered Workshop Act.

B. The Department shall inspect, survey, and evaluate each sheltered workshop to determine compliance with applicable licensure and program requirements and standards no less than annually and at any time the Department deems necessary.

C. Any inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation may be conducted without prior notice. Any licensee or applicant for a license shall be deemed to have given consent to any duly authorized employee or agent of the Department to enter and inspect the sheltered workshop in accordance with the provisions of the Sheltered Workshop Act. Refusal to permit such entry or inspection shall constitute grounds for the denial, nonrenewal, suspension or revocation of a license.

D. The Department shall maintain a log, updated at least monthly and available for public inspection, which shall at a minimum detail:

1. The name of the sheltered workshop and date of inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation;

2. Any deficiencies, lack of compliance, or violation noted at the inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation;

3. The date a notice of violation, license denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation was issued or other enforcement action occurred;

4. Proposed dates for the resolution of deficiencies;

5. The date corrections were completed, as verified by an inspection; and

6. If the inspection or investigation was made pursuant to the receipt of a complaint, the date such complaint was received and the date the sheltered workshop was notified of the results of the inspection or investigation.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 65, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.