135C.15 - TIME TO COMPLY.
135C.15 TIME TO COMPLY.
1. Any health care facility which is in operation at the time of
adoption or promulgation of any applicable rules or minimum standards
under this chapter shall be given reasonable time from the date of
such promulgation to comply with such rules and minimum standards as
provided for by the department. The director may grant successive
thirty-day extensions of the time for compliance where evidence of a
good faith attempt to achieve compliance is furnished, if the
extensions will not place in undue jeopardy the residents of the
facility to which the extensions are granted.
2. Renovation of an existing health care facility, not already in
compliance with all applicable standards, shall be permitted only if
the fixtures and equipment to be installed and the services to be
provided in the renovated portion of the facility will conform
substantially to current operational standards. Construction of an
addition to an existing health care facility shall be permitted only
if the design of the structure, the fixtures and equipment to be
installed, and the services to be provided in the addition will
conform substantially to current construction and operational
standards. Section History: Early Form
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135C.15]