Section R434-100-7 - Application Deferral(1) The Department may defer processing of a request if the health care facility or any of its principals is under investigation or awaiting trial for possible: (a) Medicaid or Medicare fraud;(b) violations of Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing statute or rules; or(c) other violations of law that may indicate that it may not be in the public interest that a waiver of the two -year home residency requirement be granted.(2) The Department may defer processing of a request if the health care facility or any of its principals is under probation or has entered a plea in abeyance for any alleged violation of the elements listed in Subsection (1).(3) A physician applicant may seek to obtain a J-1 visa waiver as an employee of another health care facility if the Department has deferred processing of a request under Subsections (1) or (2).(4) If a health care facility for which a request has been deferred desires the Department to remove the deferral, it must notify the Department and provide documentation that the reason for the deferral no longer exists. Utah Admin. Code R434-100-7
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-21, effective 10/13/2021Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-22, effective 10/13/2021