[CC 1984 §13-30; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.02; Ord. No. 3140 §13-18; Ord. No. 4235 §6, 9-6-1988]
A. 
No person shall operate a hospital, sanitarium, lying-in establishment, home, retreat or other place or institution intended for the boarding, lodging, nursing or care of the sick or such persons as are suffering from or afflicted with bodily or mental infirmities or ailments, or for pregnant women, or any institution for the care of orphans, vagrant or destitute children, a foundling home or a dispensary within the City without first obtaining a permit to do so from the City Manager.
B. 
No permit shall be issued if the hospital is to be established within two hundred (200) feet of any residence.
[CC 1984 §13-31; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.02; Ord. No. 3140 §13-19; Ord. No. 4235 §6, 9-6-1988]
A. 
An applicant for an institution permit shall file a written application addressed to the City Manager.
B. 
The application shall contain the following information:
1. 
The name or names of all persons who are to control, operate or manage the institution, including the matron, superintendent, resident physician or surgeon, medical staff, including any and all physicians or surgeons who are in any manner connected or identified with the institution; the names of any midwives attached to or connected with the institution and, if a corporation, the names of the officers and board of directors;
2. 
The location of the proposed institution, the name under which the institution will be operated and a statement affirming that the institution will not be within two hundred (200) feet of any residence;
3. 
The size and dimensions of the building and the number of rooms;
4. 
The maximum number of patients the institution can properly accommodate;
5. 
The character of business intended to be carried on in the institution including the character of diseases, if any, which are to be treated;
6. 
Whether any business is or will be conducted or operated in the same building or on the same premises and, if so, what other business; and
7. 
A written statement from each member of the medical staff, the resident physician or surgeon, superintendent and matron certifying that he/she will serve on the staff of the institution as stated by the applicant in the application.
[CC 1984 §13-32; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.04; Ord. No. 3140 §13-20; Ord. No. 4235 §6, 9-6-1988]
A. 
A permit may be issued to an institution when the City Manager determines that:
1. 
The building and premises conform to the requirements of this Article;
2. 
The building and premises are in all respects in a sanitary condition;
3. 
The applicant is a person of good character;
4. 
The statements in the application are true; and
5. 
A State and/or County license or permit, if required, has been secured.
B. 
The permit shall be issued for a period of one (1) year from the date of issuance.
C. 
The permit shall be subject to revocation by the City Manager at any time for any cause specified herein or if the applicable State or County license or permit shall have been revoked.
[CC 1984 §13-33; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.05; Ord. No. 3140 §13-21; Ord. No. 4235 §6, 9-6-1988]
A. 
The permit issued under this Chapter may not be transferred by the person to whom it is issued without the written consent and approval of the City Manager.
B. 
Any transfer or attempted transfer or any change in the name or location of the institution without the written approval of the City Manager shall render such permit void and cause the immediate forfeiture of such permit and all rights thereunder to operate such institution within the City.
[CC 1984 §13-34; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.03; Ord. No. 3140 §13-23; Ord. No. 4235 §6, 9-6-1988]
A. 
Upon the filing of an application for an institution permit, the City Manager shall cause the building and premises to be thoroughly examined and inspected.
B. 
No building shall be used for any of the purposes specified which does not comply in all respects with the City's Building Code.
[CC 1984 §13-35; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.09; Ord. No. 3140 §13-25; Ord. No. 4235 §6, 9-6-1988]
No permittee under this Article shall operate the institution under any other name or at any other place than as stated in the application for the permit without the written consent and approval of the City Manager.
[CC 1984 §13-40; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.10; Ord. No. 3140 §13-26]
A permittee under this Article shall keep a physician resident at the institution who is licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State and who is actually engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery.
[CC 1984 §13-41; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.08; Ord. No. 3140 §13-27]
No permittee under this Article shall permit any person to practice medicine, surgery or midwifery in the institution if such person is not authorized by the laws of this State to practice medicine, surgery or midwifery.
[CC 1984 §13-42; Rev. M.C. 1963 §22.12; Ord. No. 3140 §13-28; Ord. No. 4235 §6, 9-6-1988]
A. 
For any violation of this Code, the Building Code or the laws and regulations prescribed by the State or County for the conduct or management of any institution described in this Article, the City Manager may revoke any permit granted by this Article.
B. 
The City Manager shall issue a notice to the person named in the permit advising him/her of the time and place of the City Manager's intended action and the ground therefor. The notice shall be served at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing, either by delivering a copy of the notice to the person named or by leaving a copy of the notice at the institution named in the permit.