3010

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

APPLICATION SHALL REQUIRE INFORMATION AS TO CHARACTER
REFERENCES AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL
INCLUDE NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUILDING OR
PREMISES WHEN A FACILITY LICENSE IS SOUGHT.

UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH APPLICATION, THE DIRECTOR
SHALL IMMEDIATELY INITIATE INVESTIGATIONS AND
INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER. NO LICENSE
SHALL BE ISSUED FOR A DRUG-BELATED PROGRAM UNLESS THE
APPLICANT AND THOSE PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PROGRAM ARE OF REPUTABLE, RESPONSIBLE CHARACTER. IN
MAKING SUCH DETERMINATION, THERE SHALL BE CONSIDERED
THE POLICE AND PENAL HISTORY, INCLUDING CONVICTIONS,
LICENSE HISTORY, INCLUDING WHETHER SUCH PERSON OR
PERSONS PREVIOUSLY IN OPERATING OTHER PROGRAMS HAVE
HAD A LICENSE REVOKED OR SUSPENDED, THE REASON
THEREFOR, AND THE DEMEANOR OF THE PERSONS SUBSEQUENT
TO SUCH ACTION, THE EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, EDUCATION,
AND OTHER FACTS RELEVANT TO THE GENERAL PERSONAL
HISTORY OF THE APPLICANT OR PERSONS AS SHALL BE
NECESSARY. CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE VALUE
THAT FORMER DRUG-DEPENDENT PERSONS RAY HAVE IN THE
FIELD OF DRUG CONTROL AND NO PERSON IS TO BE DENIED
PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM OF TO BE DENIED A LICENSE
SOLELY ON THE FACT THAT HE OR ONE OR MORE PERSONS IN
THE PROGRAM HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DRUG ADDICTION OH
PENAL SERVITUDE.

THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM SHALL BE EXAMINED IN
DETAIL, INCLUDING ALL METHODS PROPOSED TO BE USED, THE
SUCCESS OF SUCH PROGRAM IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND
ALL FACTS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE
LICENSING OF SUCH PROGRAM WOULD BE IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF THE COUNTY AND STATE AMD WHETHER OR NOT
THE PROGRAM IS ONE OF MERIT. STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES AND PRIVATE GROUPS, SUCH AS THE MEDICAL
SOCIETY AND OTHERS EXPERIENCED IN THE PROFESSIONAL
FIELD OF DRUG ABUSE MAY BE CONSULTED AS WELL AS ANY
OTHER PRIVATE PERSONS OR GROUPS WHICH ARE DETERMINED
TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD IN MAKING A LICENSE
DETERMINATION. THE DIRECTOR SHALL REQUEST ADVICE OF
THE COMMISSION.

UPON COMPLETION OF ALL NECESSARY INVESTIGATIONS,
IF THE DIRECTOR FINDS THAT SUCH PROGRAM SHOULD BE
LICENSED, A LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED FORTHWITH TO THE
APPLICANT. THE DIRECTOR SHALL WHENEVER PRACTICABLE
DETERMINE WHETHER A LICENSE SHALL BE GRANTED WITHIN 30
DAYS OF APPLICATION. IF THE DIRECTOR FINDS THAT THE
PROGRAM OR FACILITY FOR WHICH A LICENSE HAS BEEN