(a) Fire authority. An applicant must receive approval from the local fire authority or, if the jurisdiction does not have a local fire authority, the state fire marshal, for an initial, renewal, change of ownership, relocation, or capacity increase license application. An applicant may submit a license application to DADS before receiving fire authority approval. An applicant must submit to DADS a copy of a signed and dated written approval for occupancy by the local fire authority or state fire marshal that describes the center by name and address.
(b) Local health authority. An applicant for an initial, change of ownership, relocation, or capacity increase license must submit to DADS a copy of a dated written notification to the local health authority that the applicant is submitting a license application to DADS. DADS sends the local health authority a copy of DADS license renewal notification specifying the expiration date of the center's current license. A local health authority may provide an evaluation to DADS regarding the status of the center's compliance with local codes, ordinances or regulations. The local health authority may also recommend that DADS issue or deny a license to the center, but DADS makes the final decision regarding licensure of the center.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.103 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875