Sec. 3. (a) If the registration of a temporary health care services agency has been revoked by the state department, the person that owns or operates the temporary health care services agency may not apply for reinstatement of the registration for at least five (5) years after the date of the revocation of the registration.

     (b) After five (5) years described in subsection (a), the person that owns or operates a temporary health care services agency may submit a petition to the state department for a new registration. The petition must include facts to establish that the temporary health care services agency has been rehabilitated and the issuance of a new registration is not contrary to the public interest.

     (c) The state department may grant a petition submitted under subsection (b) without conducting a hearing after the state department reviews the facts submitted with the petition. If the state department approves the petition, the state department shall issue the registration and the temporary health care services agency shall comply with this article.

     (d) If the state department denies the petition submitted under subsection (b) after the state department reviews the facts submitted with the petition, the temporary health care services agency may not submit a new petition for at least one (1) year from the date of the denial.

As added by P.L.149-2023, SEC.18.