Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0720 - Health Facilities Commission
Chapter 0720-27 - Standards for Home Care Organizations Providing Home Health Services
Section 0720-27-.03 - DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
Current through April 3, 2024
(1) The Board may suspend or revoke a license for:
(2) The Board may consider all factors which it deems relevant, including but not limited to the following when determining sanctions:
(3) Inappropriate transfers are prohibited and violation of the transfer provisions shall be deemed sufficient grounds to suspend or revoke an agency's license.
(4) When an agency is found by the Department to have committed a violation of this chapter, the Department will issue to the agency a statement of deficiencies. Within ten (10) days of receipt of the statement of deficiencies the agency must return a plan of correction indicating the following:
(5) Either failure to submit a plan of correction in a timely manner or a finding by the Department that the plan of correction is unacceptable shall subject the agency's license to possible disciplinary action.
(6) Any licensee or applicant for a license, aggrieved by a decision or action of the Department or Board, pursuant to this chapter, may request a hearing before the Board. The proceedings and judicial review of the Board's decision shall be in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, T.C.A. §§ 4-5-101, et seq.
(7) Reconsideration and Stays. The Board authorizes the member who chaired the Board for a contested case to be the agency member to make the decisions authorized pursuant to rule 1360-04-01-.18 regarding petitions for reconsiderations and stays in that case.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 4-5-219, 4-5-312, 4-5-316, 4-5-317, 68-11-202, 68-11-204, and 68-11-206 through 68-11-209.