Application for a License

(A) Applications for licensure shall be made on forms prescribed by the Department. Application as used in 105 CMR 153.000 shall include original and renewal applications. Every application shall be signed either by each applicant or by an applicant(s) who certifies that all other applicants have received copies of the application. (B) In support of an application for an original or renewal license, each applicant shall submit any information required by the Commissioner as part of the application package. (C) Applications for renewal licenses must be filed on or before the expiration date of the previous license. (D) An application for an original license shall not be approved until an applicant has been deemed suitable by the Department, or in the case of a transfer of ownership, the applicant has been deemed suitable by the Department or the suitability review period has expired. (E) An application for a license renewal shall include a sworn statement of the names and addresses of anyperson with an ownership or control interest in the facility or in the real property occupied and used as the facility. For the purposes of 105 CMR 153.006(E), “person with an ownership or control interest” shall mean a person who: has a direct or indirect ownership interest of 5% or more in the facility or the organization that holds the license; (2) is the owner of a whole or part interest in any mortgage, deed of trust, note, or other obligation secured (in whole or in part) by the facility or any of the property or assets thereof, which whole or part interest is equal to or exceeds 5% of the total property and assets of the facility or organization that holds the license; (3) is an officer or director of a corporate licensee; or (4) is a partner of a licensee organized as a partnership.