Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-1202 - Application procedures

(a) Each person, in order to obtain a license, shall submit a complete application on forms provided by the department. The application shall be submitted at least 90 calendar days before the planned opening date of the PRTF and shall include the following:

(1) A description of the program and services to be offered, including the following:

(A) A statement of the PRTF's purpose and goals; and

(B) the number, ages, and gender of residents for whom the PRTF is designed;

(2) the anticipated opening date;

(3) a request for the background checks for staff members and volunteers specified in K.A.R. 28-4-1205 ;

(4) documentation of compliance with the license requirements in K.A.R. 28-4-1201 ; and

(5) the license fee specified in K.A.R. 28-4-92.

(b) Each applicant shall notify the school district where the PRTF is to be located of the following:

(1) The planned opening date and the number, age range, gender, and anticipated special education needs of the residents to be served;

(2) a statement indicating whether the residents will attend public school or will receive educational services on-site at the PRTF; and

(3) documentation that the notification was received by the school district at least 90 days before the planned opening date.

The 90-day notification to the local school district may be waived by the secretary upon receipt of a written agreement by the local school district.

(c) Each applicant shall submit to the department floor plans for each building that will be used as a PRTF. Each floor plan shall state whether or not any building will rely on locked entrances and exits or on delayed-exit mechanisms to secure the PRTF. Each applicant wanting to use delayed-exit mechanisms or to use hardware to lock or otherwise secure the exits shall obtain and shall submit to the department prior written approval from the Kansas state fire marshal, the Kansas department of social and rehabilitation services, the Kansas juvenile justice authority, and the Kansas health policy authority.

(d) Each applicant shall provide the department with a copy of the approval of the Kansas state fire marshal's office for the floor plan and the use of any delayed-exit mechanism or hardware to lock or otherwise secure the exits before a license is issued.

(e) The granting of a license to any applicant may be refused by the secretary if the applicant is not in compliance with the requirements of the following:

(1)K.S.A. 65-504 through 65-508 and amendments thereto;

(2)K.S.A. 65-512 and 65-513 and amendments thereto;

(3)K.S.A. 65-516 and amendments thereto;

(4)K.S.A. 65-531 and amendments thereto; and

(5) all regulations governing psychiatric residential treatment facilities.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-1202

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-508; implementing K.S.A. 65-501, 65-504, 65-505, and 65-508 and K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 65-516; effective Oct. 9, 2009.