1743.08 CONDITIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.

   Every person desiring to operate a home as defined in Section 1743.01 shall apply for such a license to the Commissioner of Health. The Commissioner shall issue a license for the home, if after investigation of the applicant and inspection of the home, the following requirements or conditions are satisfied or complied with:

   (a)   The applicant has not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;

   (b)   The applicant is not violating any of the regulations made by the Board of Health or any order issued by the Commissioner of Health;

   (c)   The buildings in which the home is housed have been approved by the Bureau of Building and Housing Code Administration and the City Fire Chief;

   (d)   The applicant, if it is an individual, or the principal participants, if it is an association or a corporation, is or are suitable financially and morally to operate a home as defined in Section 1743.01;

   (e)   The applicant is equipped to furnish humane, kind and adequate treatment and care;

   (f)   The home does not maintain or contain:

      (1)   Facilities for the performance of major surgical procedures;

      (2)   Facilities for providing therapeutic radiation;

      (3)   An emergency ward;

      (4)   A clinical laboratory unless it is under the supervision of a clinical pathologist who is a licensed physician in this State;

      (5)   Facilities for radiological examinations unless such examinations are performed only under the supervision of a person licensed to practice medicine, surgery or dentistry in this State.

   (g)   The home does not accept or treat outpatients except upon the written orders of a physician licensed in this State, maternity cases, boarding children, and does not house transient guests housed for twenty-four hours or less.

   When the Commissioner issues a license, the license shall remain in effect until revoked by the Commissioner or voided at the request of the applicant; provided, there shall be an annual renewal fee payable during the month of January of each calendar year.

   Any applicant who is denied a license may appeal in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapter 2506. (Ord. 79-317. Passed 12-7-79.)