197.420. License not transferable or assignable on sale or transfer of ownership--new application, requirement--temporary license, when. - Missouri Statutes

License not transferable or assignable on sale or transfer ofownership--new application, requirement--temporary license, when.

197.420. A license shall not be transferable or assignable.When a home health agency is sold or ownership or management istransferred, or the corporate legal organization status issubstantially changed, the license of the agency shall be voidedand a new license obtained. Application for a new license shallbe made to the department in writing, at least ninety days priorto the effective date of the sale, transfer, or change incorporate status. The application for a new license shall be onthe same form, containing the same information required for anoriginal license, and shall be accompanied by a license fee ofsix hundred dollars. The department may issue a temporaryoperating permit for the continuation of the operation of thehome health agency for a period of not more than ninety dayspending the survey inspection and the final disposition of theapplication. The department shall require all licensed homehealth agencies to submit statistical reports. The content,format, and frequency of such reports shall be determined by thedepartment with council approval.

(L. 1983 H.B. 51 § 4, subsec. 4)