Chapter 65: Public Health

Article 46: Drug Abuse Treatment Facilities

Statute 65-4603: Application for licensure; duties of secretary; fee; certification; health standards; rules and regulations. (a) An application for a license to establish, conduct, manage or operate a treatment facility for drug abusers shall be made to the secretary upon forms provided by the secretary and shall contain such information as the secretary may reasonably require, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards and rules and regulations as are adopted pursuant to this act. All applications must be accompanied by an application fee of not to exceed $100 fixed by the secretary by rules and regulations.

      (b)   If the application is for a facility where the drug abuser will receive food or lodging the application must be accompanied by a certificate from the secretary of health and environment certifying that the applicant has been approved by the secretary of health and environment to provide food service or lodging. The secretary of health and environment may adopt rules and regulations with regard to the health standards which must be maintained by treatment facilities for drug abusers. If the rules and regulations of the secretary of health and environment establish such standards an application under this section shall be accompanied by certification from the secretary of health and environment that the applicant has met the requirements established by such rules and regulations.

      (c)   The application fee in effect under this section on the day preceding the effective date of this act shall continue in effect until the secretary fixes a different application fee by rules and regulations.

      History:   L. 1976, ch. 381, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 251, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 235, § 40; Oct. 1.