R277-724-3. Criteria for Recruiting Facilities

The following criteria shall be met before a sponsor is approved:

A. The recruited facilities are not currently participating or were recently terminated for convenience by another sponsoring organization due to being outside the sponsoring organization's service area; and

B. The recruited facilities have not been terminated for cause, have no unresolved serious deficiency pending with another sponsoring organization and do not owe a refund to another sponsoring organization; and

C. The state agency certifies other sponsoring organizations are unable to accommodate the targeted facilities or the area(s) where it/they are located because:

(1) other sponsoring organizations generate insufficient resources to properly train and monitor facilities; or

(2) supervising additional facilities would threaten currently participating sponsoring organization's viability, capability or accountability.