Applicants shall answer such questions as may be asked concerning their character, residence, citizenship and ability to operate a nursing home or convalescent home and make such declarations as shall be required. All applicants may be duly sworn and all statements and applications shall be deemed material. Fraud, misrepresentation, false statements, misleading statements, evasions or suppression of material facts in the securing of a license shall be grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of the license.
N.J.S. § 30:11-25