37.93.204    CHILD PLACING AGENCY: LICENSE REVOCATION AND DENIAL

(1) The department, after written notice to the applicant or licensee, may deny, suspend, restrict, revoke or reduce to a provisional status a license upon finding that:

(a) the agency is not in substantial compliance with licensing requirements established by these rules;

(b) the agency has made any misrepresentations to the department, either negligent or intentional, regarding any aspect of its operations or facility; or

(c) the agency or a member of its staff have been named as a perpetrator in a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect.

History: Sec. 53-4-111 and 53-4-403, MCA; IMP, Sec. 53-4-113 and 53-4-403, MCA; NEW, 1985 MAR p. 278, Eff. 3/29/85; TRANS, from Dept. of SRS, 1987 MAR p. 1492, Eff. 7/1/87; TRANS, from DFS, 1998 MAR p. 661.