3546                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 752

(3)  ALL OF THE FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MATERIAL
REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED UNDER SECTION 11 OF THIS ARTICLE HAS
BEEN SUBMITTED TO AND RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE ON AGING;

(4)  A PROVIDER HAS OBTAINED ANY REQUIRED CERTIFICATE
OF NEED FOR ANY PROPOSED HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR SERVICE
NECESSARY TO MEET THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PROVIDER
AND THE SUBSCRIBER; AND

(5)  ALL ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS HAVE
BEEN APPROVED BY THE OFFICE.

(F)  UPON ISSUANCE OF A PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE OF
REGISTRATION, A PROVIDER MAY ENTER INTO CONTINUING CARE
AGREEMENTS WITH SUBSCRIBERS.

[(d) Once a certificate of registration has been issued,
the provider may use the funds held in escrow unless otherwise
prohibited by this subtitle.]

(G)  If [no] A FINAL certificate of registration is NOT
issued within 24 months of [filing of the feasibility study] THE
ISSUANCE OF A PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION, or such
longer time as is allowed by the Office on Aging for good cause
shown, the Office shall require the person to refund all deposits
and to cease in its attempts to offer continuing care at the
location specified in the feasibility study.

[10.] 11.

(a) A provider shall file an application for a certificate
of registration on a form prescribed by the Office. The
application shall contain at least the following information and
be supported by the following attachments:

(1)  The name and address of the facility and the name
and address of any affiliated parent or subsidiary corporation or
partnership.

(2)  The names and addresses of the provider if the
provider is an individual; the partners or members if the
provider is a partnership or other unincorporated association; or
the stockholders holding at least a 10 percent interest in a
stock corporation, or the members in a nonstock corporation, and
the members of the Board of Directors if the provider is a
corporation; along with any significant financial interests such
persons may have with a vendor or provider of services at the
facility. As used in this subsection, a "significant financial
interest" means an interest of 10% or more.

(3)  A copy of the corporate charter, partnership
agreement, articles of association, membership agreement, or
trust agreement as it pertains to the legal organization of the
applicant.