2010 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health And Safety
Chapter 10 - Long-Term Care Facilities And Services
Subchapter 8 - Home Health Care Services
§ 20-10-808 - Application for license -- Temporary license.

20-10-808. Application for license -- Temporary license.

(a) An applicant for a license to provide a home health service shall:

(1) File a written application on a form prescribed by the Division of Health Facilities Services of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services;

(2) File with the application the name of the owner of the services or a list of names of persons who own an interest in the service and a list of any businesses with which the service business subcontracts and in which the owner or owners of the service business hold as much as five percent (5%) of the ownership;

(3) Establish a place of business within the State of Arkansas that maintains home health service records and directs patient services;

(4) Cooperate with any inspections the Division of Health Facilities Services may require for a license and comply with regulations and standards promulgated under this subchapter; and

(5) Pay to the Division of Health Facilities Services a license fee as prescribed by 20-10-812.

(b) In addition to the requirements listed in subsection (a) of this section for new and existing agencies providing home health services on July 20, 1987, those agencies shall furnish the following information for a Class A or Class B license:

(1) For a Class A license, if the applicant is at the time of filing an application a Medicare-certified home health agency, it shall provide proof of its compliance with federal conditions of participation. If the applicant is not at the time of filing its application a certified home health agency, it shall be in the process of receiving its certification from the Health Care Financing Administration;

(2) For a Class B license, the applicant shall show proof of the services provided and the geographical territory in which those services have been provided as of July 20, 1987, and it shall have requested a survey for the purposes of confirming the services provided and the territory covered.

(c) The Director of the Division of Health Facilities Services of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services may issue a temporary license to an applicant for a period not to exceed six (6) months.