47-18-5510 - Timing of certificate of registration. [Effective July 1, 2010.] - Tennessee Statutes

47-18-5510. Timing of certificate of registration. [Effective July 1, 2010.]

(a)  The administrator shall approve or deny an initial registration as a provider within one hundred twenty (120) days after an application is filed. In connection with a request pursuant to § 47-18-5506(19) for additional information, the administrator may extend the one hundred twenty-day period for not more than sixty (60) days. Within seven (7) days after denying an application, the administrator, in a record, shall inform the applicant of the reasons for the denial.

(b)  If the administrator denies an application for registration as a provider or does not act on an application within the time prescribed in subsection (a), the applicant may appeal and request a hearing pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3.

(c)  Subject to §§ 47-18-5511(d) and 47-18-5534, a registration as a provider is valid for one (1) year.

[Acts 2009, ch. 469, § 1.]