LICENSE OR RENEWAL APPLICATION.

(a) An application for a license or renewal of a license is made to the department on a form provided by the department and must be accompanied by the license fee.

(b) The application must contain information that the department requires.

(b-1) The application must:

(1) include the name of each person with a direct or indirect ownership interest of five percent or more in:

(A) the nursing facility, including a subsidiary or parent company of the facility; and

(B) the real property on which the nursing facility is located, including any owner, common owner, tenant, or sublessee; and

(2) describe the exact ownership interest of each of those persons in relation to the facility or property.

(c) The applicant or license holder must furnish evidence to affirmatively establish the applicant's or license holder's ability to comply with:

(1) minimum standards of medical care, nursing care, and financial condition; and

(2) any other applicable state or federal standard.

(d) The department shall consider the background and qualifications of:

(1) the applicant or license holder;

(2) a partner, officer, director, or managing employee of the applicant or license holder;

(3) a person who owns or who controls the owner of the physical plant of a facility in which the institution operates or is to operate; and

(4) a controlling person with respect to the institution for which a license or license renewal is requested.

(e) In making the evaluation required by Subsection (d), the department shall require the applicant or license holder to file a sworn affidavit of a satisfactory compliance history and any other information required by the department to substantiate a satisfactory compliance history relating to each state or other jurisdiction in which the applicant or license holder and any other person described by Subsection (d) operated an institution at any time before the date on which the application is made. The executive commissioner by rule shall determine what constitutes a satisfactory compliance history. The department may consider and evaluate the compliance history of the applicant and any other person described by Subsection (d) for any period during which the applicant or other person operated an institution in this state or in another state or jurisdiction. The department may also require the applicant or license holder to file information relating to the history of the financial condition of the applicant or license holder and any other person described by Subsection (d) with respect to an institution operated in another state or jurisdiction at any time before the date on which the application is made.

(f) Information obtained under this section regarding an applicant's or license holder's financial condition is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.