(a) The Office of Long-Term Care, working with assistance from the Department of Human Services, Office of Chief Counsel, may bring action for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction against the owner/administrator/licensee of a residential long-term care facility to enjoin one (1) or more of the following:
(1) Operation of:
- (A) An unlicensed facility;
- (B) A previously licensed facility which has had its license suspended or revoked; or
- (C) A licensed facility for which procedures for nonrenewal or revocation of the facility's license have been initiated and an emergency exists;
(2)
- (A) Acts or omissions that constitute a violation of laws or promulgated rules.
- (B) If the violation does not pose an immediate or imminent threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the facility, the facility shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to correct the violation prior to the department seeking judicial relief; or
(3) Admission of new residents into a home:
- (A) That is operating without a license;
- (B) That has had its license suspended or revoked;
- (C) That is presently involved in proceedings for nonrenewal revocation of the license and there is reason to believe an emergency exists; or
- (D) In which continued admissions into the facility will place the lives, health, safety, and welfare of the present and future residents in imminent danger.