Grounds for receivership.
A receiver may be appointed under this subchapter on one or more of the following grounds: The facility is unlawfully operating without a current District license; The licensee has abandoned the facility; The facility is closing within 30 calendar days and cannot offer verifiable evidence that adequate arrangements, designed to minimize transfer trauma, have been made to relocate its residents; A condition or practice in the facility poses a serious, widespread danger, either immediate or recurring, to the health, safety, or welfare of the residents; Violations of residents’ rights, established pursuant to § 44-504(a)(4), are chronic, substantial, and widespread; Insolvency of an owner or the licensee has placed the continued operation of the facility in serious jeopardy; or The facility has been issued a restricted or provisional license by the Department of Health.
Annotations
Apr. 18, 1986, D.C. Law 6-108, § 202, 33 DCR 1510 Apr. 29, 2010, D.C. Law 18-145, § 4(a), 57 DCR 1834 D.C. Law 18-145 deleted “or” from the end of par. (5); substituted “; or” for a period at the end of par. (6); and added par. (7). 1981 Ed., § 32-1412. This section is referenced in § 44-1002.03, § 44-1002.05, and § 44-1002.10.
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