Section 333.20935 - Receipt of completed license application; issuance of license within certain period of time; report; "completed application" defined(1) Subject to subsection (3), beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall approve or reject an initial license application for an ambulance operation, nontransport prehospital life support operation, aircraft transport operation, or medical first response service within 6 months after the applicant files a completed application as required under this part. Receipt of the application is considered the date the application is received by any agency or department of this state.(2) If an initial license application for an ambulance operation, nontransport prehospital life support operation, aircraft transport operation, or medical first response service is considered incomplete by the department, the department shall notify the applicant in writing or make the notice electronically available within 30 days after receipt of the incomplete application, describing the deficiency and requesting additional information.(3) If the department identifies a deficiency or requires the fulfillment of a corrective action plan, the 6-month period is tolled until either of the following occurs: (a) Upon notification by the department of a deficiency, until the date the requested information is received by the department.(b) Upon notification by the department that a corrective action plan is required, until the date the department determines the requirements of the corrective action plan have been met.(4) The determination of the completeness of an application does not operate as an approval of the application for the license and does not confer eligibility of an applicant determined otherwise ineligible for issuance of a license.(5) If the department fails to approve or reject an initial license application within the time period required under this section, the department shall return the license fee and shall reduce the license fee for the applicant's next licensure application, if any, by 15%. Failure to issue or deny a license within the time period required under this section does not allow the department to otherwise delay processing an application. The completed application shall be placed in sequence with other completed applications received at that same time. The department shall not discriminate against an applicant in the processing of the application based upon the fact that the application fee was refunded or discounted under this subsection.(6) Beginning October 1, 2005, the director of the department shall submit a report by December 1 of each year to the standing committees and appropriations subcommittees of the senate and house of representatives concerned with public health issues. The director shall include all of the following information in the report concerning the preceding fiscal year:(a) The number of initial applications the department received and completed within the 6-month time period required under subsection (1).(b) The number of applications requiring a request for additional information.(c) The number of applications denied.(d) The average processing time for initial licenses granted after the 6-month period.(e) The number of initial license applications not issued within the 6-month period and the amount of money returned to applicants under subsection (5).(7) As used in this section, "completed application" means an application complete on its face and submitted with any applicable licensing fees as well as any other information, records, approval, security, or similar item required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a federal agency, or a private entity but not from another department or agency of this state.Added by 2004, Act 284, s 2, eff. 7/23/2004.