481—57.6(135C) Notifications required by the department. The department shall be notified:
57.6(1) Within 48 hours, by letter, of any reduction or loss of personal care or dietary staff lasting
more than seven days which places the staffing ratio below that required for licensing. No additional
residents may be admitted until the minimum staffing requirements are achieved; (III)
57.6(2) Of any proposed change in the residential care facility’s functional operation or addition or
deletion of required services; (III)
57.6(3) Thirty days before addition, alteration, or new construction is begun in the residential care
facility or on the premises; (III)
57.6(4) Thirty days in advance of the closure of the residential care facility; (III)
57.6(5) Within two weeks of any change in administrator; (III)
57.6(6) When any change in the category of license is sought; (III)
57.6(7) Prior to the purchase, transfer, assignment, or lease of a residential care facility, the licensee
shall:
a. Inform the department of the pending sale, transfer, assignment, or lease of the facility; (III)
b. Inform the department of the name and address of the prospective purchaser, transferee,
assignee, or lessee at least 30 days before the sale, transfer, assignment, or lease if completed; (III)
c. Submit a written authorization to the department permitting the department to release all
information of whatever kind from the department’s files concerning the licensee’s residential care
facility to the named prospective purchaser, transferee, assignee, or lessee. (III)
57.6(8) Pursuant to the authorization submitted to the department by the licensee prior to the
purchase, transfer, assignment, or lease of a residential care facility, the department shall upon request
send or give copies of all recent licensure surveys and of any other pertinent information relating to
the facility’s licensure status to the prospective purchaser, transferee, assignee, or lessee; costs for such
copies shall be paid by the prospective purchaser.