Section 481.58.5. Notifications required by the department.

The department shall be notified:

       58.5(1) Within 48 hours, by letter, of any reduction or loss of nursing or dietary staff lasting more than seven days which places the staffing ratio below that required for licensing. No additional residents shall be admitted until the minimum staffing requirements are achieved; (III)

       58.5(2) Of any proposed change in the nursing facility’s functional operation or addition or deletion of required services; (III)

       58.5(3) Thirty days before addition, alteration, or new construction is begun in the nursing facility or on the premises; (III)

       58.5(4) Thirty days in advance of closure of the nursing facility; (III)

       58.5(5) Within two weeks of any change in administrator; (III)

       58.5(6) When any change in the category of license is sought; (III)

       58.5(7) Prior to the purchase, transfer, assignment, or lease of a nursing facility, the licensee shall:

        a.           Inform the department of the pending sale, transfer, assignment, or lease of the facility; (III)

        b.           Inform the department of the name and address of the prospective purchaser, transferee, assignee, or lessee at least 30 days before the sale, transfer, assignment, or lease is completed; (III)

        c.           Submit a written authorization to the department permitting the department to release all information of whatever kind from the department’s files concerning the licensee’s nursing facility to the named prospective purchaser, transferee, assignee, or lessee. (III)

       58.5(8) Pursuant to the authorization submitted to the department by the licensee prior to the purchase, transfer, assignment, or lease of a nursing facility, the department shall upon request send or give copies of all recent licensure surveys and of any other pertinent information relating to the facility’s licensure status to the prospective purchaser, transferee, assignee, or lessee; costs for such copies shall be paid by the prospective purchaser.