(1) (a) The Department will take appropriate steps to notify eligible providers and potentially- eligible persons of the availability of this program of the requirements to participate and of the process to make an application.
- (b) All applications shall be made upon forms provided by the Department. Completed applications shall be submitted to the Department for review. Failure to submit a completed application within forty-five (45) days of the applications being mailed out by the Department will result in the applicant being denied participation in the program for the current fiscal year. A decision on the application will be made within thirty (30) days of its receipt.
- (c) Potential providers must apply in the name of the licensee.
- (d) Current residents of a residential home for the aged which has been approved to participate, or which has a pending application should apply through a representative of the home for the aged.
- (e) Potential residents may apply themselves, through another, or through a representative of a home for the aged, but should also identify an approved provider who is willing to admit them as a resident.
- (f) Reimbursement will not be made until both the residential home for the aged and the resident have been approved for participation.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 12-4-320 (Public Acts of 1986, Chapter 927), and 68-11-209. Administrative History: Original rule filed June 7, 1974; effective July 7, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed January 13, 1987; effective February 27, 1987. Amendment filed June 19, 1995; effective September 2, 1995. Transferred from chapter 1200-08-07 pursuant to Public Chapter 1119 of 2022 effective July 1, 2022.