(l) The department shall not reduce the number of beds it originally approved in granting a license for a convalescent or nursing home or rest home upon the transfer of facility operations of said convalescent or nursing home or rest home from 1 licensee to another, unless a reduction in the number of beds is in the interest of public health, welfare or safety.
(m)(1) The department shall not issue a license unless the applicant first submits to the department, with respect to each building occupied by residents: (i) a certificate of inspection of the egresses, the means of preventing the spread of fire and apparatus for extinguishing fire, issued by an inspector of the office of public safety and inspections within the division of professional licensure; and (ii) a certificate of inspection issued by the head of the local fire department certifying compliance with local ordinances; provided, however, that for convalescent or nursing homes, the division of health care quality within the department shall have sole authority to inspect and issue a certificate required pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph.