Montana Code 50-8-102. One-step licensing required
50-8-102. One-step licensing required. The department shall provide one-step licensing of all facilities under its jurisdiction. One-step licensing is at a minimum the provision of a designated office within the department or, by agreement between departments, in another department, responsible for issuing facility licenses. The one-step licensing office shall facilitate intradepartmental certifications for licensure. When practicable, one-step licensure also includes:
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-8-102
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-8-101
- Facility: means :
(a)nonmedical facilities including:
(i)mental health transitional living facilities; and
(ii)inpatient freestanding or intermediate transitional living facilities for alcohol or drug treatment or emergency detoxification;
(b)community homes for persons with developmental disabilities, community homes for physically disabled persons, and adult foster family care homes;
(c)youth care facilities;
(d)public accommodations, including roominghouses, retirement homes, hotels, and motels;
(e)health care facilities or services, including hospitals, skilled and intermediate nursing home services, and intermediate care nursing home services for the intellectually disabled;
(f)freestanding medical facilities or care, including infirmaries, kidney treatment centers, and home health agencies; and
(g)assisted living facilities. See Montana Code 50-8-101
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)the coordination of all governmental licensing functions, state and local, required for the licensure of a facility for a program or a service and for health and safety standards. The coordination must include at a minimum the names, addresses, and functions of all governmental authorities enforcing such standards and may include the requirement that the responsible office be a clearinghouse for all forms and applications for other agencies and for assuming the responsibility for insuring timely inspections, reviews, and application processing by other agencies.
(2)the use of departmental employees to inspect specified types of facilities for particular health and safety standards as provided in 50-8-105.