''Transfer of facility operations'', a transfer of the operations of a long-term care facility from a licensee to a potential transferee.
(b)(1) The department shall issue for a term of 2 years, and shall renew for like terms, a license, subject to the restrictions in this section, to each applicant the department deems responsible and suitable to establish or maintain and operate a long-term care facility and which meets all other requirements for long-term care facility licensure pursuant to this chapter. A license issued pursuant to this section shall not be transferable or assignable and shall be issued only for the premises named in the application.
(2) Each long-term care facility shall be subject to not less than 1 periodic, resident-centered inspection per year for the purpose of gathering information about the quality of services furnished in the long-term care facility to determine compliance with applicable state and federal requirements.
(3) The department may, when public necessity and convenience require, or to prevent undue hardship to an applicant or licensee, pursuant to such rules and regulations as it may adopt, grant a temporary provisional or probationary license pursuant to this section; provided, however, that no such license shall be for a term exceeding 1 year.
(4) The fee for a license to establish or maintain and operate a long-term care facility shall be determined annually by the secretary of administration and finance pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7.