Section 260.1400 Inspections and Investigations

Section 260

Section 260.1400  Inspections

and Investigations

a)

The Department shall perform licensure inspections of

Children's Community-Based Health Care Center

Models, as deemed necessary,

to ensure compliance with the Act

and this Part. (Section 25(c) of the Act)

b)         All centers to which this Part applies shall be subject to and

shall be deemed to have given consent to all inspections by properly identified

personnel of the Department, or by other such properly identified persons as

the Department might designate.  In addition, representatives of the Department

shall have access to and may reproduce or photocopy any books, records and

other documents maintained by the center or the licensee to the extent

necessary to carry out the Act and this Part.

c)

The Department shall investigate an applicant or licensee

whenever it receives

a verified complaint in writing of any person setting

forth facts which, if proven, would constitute grounds for the denial of an

application for a license, refusal to renew a license, or suspension or

revocation of a license.

(Section 50 of the Act)

d)

The Department may

also

investigate an applicant or licensee

on its own motion

or based upon complaints received by mail, telephone or

in person. (Section 50 of the Act)