2896-E - Issuance of license.
§ 2896-e. Issuance of license. 1. The board shall issue a license to practice nursing home administration to each candidate who meets the qualifications specified in section two thousand eight hundred ninety-six-c of this title or submitted an application and qualified under subdivision five of section two thousand eight hundred ninety-six-d of this title and who has paid an initial application fee. 2. Each license issued shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of the board and shall bear the seal of the department. 3. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that a license has been lost, mutilated or destroyed, the board may issue a duplicate license upon such terms and conditions as may be required by the board and certified by the commissioner, and upon payment of a fee of ten dollars. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article the board may adopt rules and regulations governing operation of a nursing home during periods of emergency.