N.Y. Public Health Law § 3605-a: Proceedings involving the license of a home care services agency

§ 3605-a. Proceedings involving the license of a home care services

agency. 1. A license of a home care services agency may be revoked,

suspended, limited or annulled by the commissioner on proof that it has

failed to comply with the provisions of this article or rules and

regulations promulgated thereunder.

2. No such license shall be revoked, suspended, limited, annulled or

denied without a hearing. However, a license may be temporarily

suspended or limited without a hearing for a period not in excess of

thirty days upon written notice to the agency following a finding by the

department that the public health or safety is in imminent danger.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no licensed home care

services agency shall be permitted to operate unless it has registered

with the department pursuant to section thirty-six hundred five-b of

this article.

3. The commissioner shall fix a time and place for the hearing. A copy

of the charges, together with the notice of the time and place of the

hearing, shall be served in person or mailed by registered or certified

mail to the agency at least twenty-one days before the date fixed for

the hearing. The agency shall file with the department not less than

eight days prior to the hearing, a written answer to the charges.

4. All orders or determinations hereunder shall be subject to review

as provided in article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and

rules. Application for such review must be made within sixty days after

service in person or by registered or certified mail of a copy of the

order or determination upon the applicant or agency.