Section 1779.2 Of Article 2. Application From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 2.
1779.2
. (a) Any entity filing an application for a permit to accept
deposits and a certificate of authority shall pay an application
fee.
(b) The applicant shall pay 80 percent of the application fee for
all planned phases at the time the applicant submits its application.
The 80 percent payment shall be made by check payable to the
Continuing Care Provider Fee Fund. The department shall not process
the application until it has received this fee.
(c) For new continuing care retirement communities or for the sale
or transfer of existing continuing care retirement communities, the
application fee shall be calculated as one-tenth of 1 percent of the
purchase price of the continuing care retirement community, or the
estimated construction cost, including the purchase price of the land
or the present value of any long-term lease and all items listed in
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (y) of Section
1779.4.
(d) For existing continuing care retirement communities that are
proposing new phases, remodeling or an expansion, the application fee
shall be calculated as one-tenth of 1 percent of the cost of the
addition, annexation, or renovation, including the value of the land
and improvements and all items listed in subparagraph (D) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (y) of Section 1779.4.
(e) For existing facilities converting to continuing care
retirement communities, the application fee shall be calculated as
one-tenth of 1 percent of the current appraised value of the
facility, including the land, or present value of any long-term
lease.
(f) For organizational changes, the application fee shall be
determined by the department based on the time and resources it
considers reasonably necessary to process the application, including
any consultant fees. The minimum application fee for those
applications shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(g) The applicant shall pay the remainder of the application fee
before the provisional certificate of authority is issued, or in the
case of expansions or remodeling, before final approval of the
project is granted. The applicant shall make this payment by check
payable to the Continuing Care Provider Fee Fund.