197.220. Denial, suspension or revocation of license. - Missouri Statutes

Denial, suspension or revocation of license.

197.220. The department of health and senior services may deny, suspendor revoke a license in any case in which the department finds that there hasbeen a substantial failure to comply with the requirements of sections 197.200to 197.240, or in any case in which the director of the department makes afinding that:

(1) The applicant, or if the applicant is a firm, partnership orassociation, any of its members, or if a corporation, any of its officers ordirectors, or the person designated to manage or supervise the facility, hasbeen finally adjudicated and found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or nolocontendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state or of theUnited States, for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications,functions, or duties of an ambulatory surgical center, or for any offense anessential element of which is fraud, dishonesty, or an act of violence, or forany offense involving moral turpitude, whether or not sentence is imposed;

(2) The licensure status or record of the applicant, or if the applicantis a firm, partnership or association, of any of its members, or if acorporation, of any of its officers or directors, or of the person designatedto manage or supervise the facility, from any other state, federal district orland, territory or commonwealth of the United States, or of any foreigncountry where the applicant has done business in a similar capacity indicatesthat granting a license to the applicant would be detrimental to the interestsof the public.

(L. 1975 S.B. 1 § 5, A.L. 1978 S.B. 661, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1162)