465 IAC 2-11-33 Licensing procedures

Sec. 33. (a) The institution shall submit a separate application for each license required. (b) An institution shall meet all of the following conditions prior to being licensed as a private secure facility: (1) The institution shall have been licensed for five (5) consecutive years as an institution and shall have provided a continuum of care or a full program of long term residential treatment during this same five (5) year period. (2) Institutions whose primary placement program and care plan is short term, twenty-four (24) hour temporary care for not more than sixty (60) consecutive days to an individual child do not qualify as meeting the requirements of providing a continuum of care or a full program of long term residential treatment. (c) The maximum client capacity of a private secure facility shall be fifteen (15) per living unit. (d) An application for a license to operate a private secure facility shall be submitted to the SDPW by the administrator or other person designated by the governing body on forms provided for that purpose by the SDPW. (e) An application for renewal of licensure shall be submitted annually to the SDPW by a private secure facility which wishes to have its license renewed. (f) A newly licensed private secure facility shall receive a six (6) month provisional license for its initial licensure to permit evaluation of the program by the SDPW. (g) A private secure facility shall not care for children under the age of six (6) years of age. (h) The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the private secure facility.