Application for license; rules and regulations; fees

(a) An application for a license to establish, conduct, manage or operate a treatment facility shall be made to the secretary upon forms provided by the secretary and shall contain such information as the secretary may require, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards and rules and regulations as are lawfully adopted pursuant to this act. All applications must be accompanied by an application fee not to exceed $100 as fixed by the secretary by rules and regulations. The application fee in effect under this section on the day preceding the effective date of this act shall continue in effect until the secretary fixes a different application fee by rules and regulations. (b) The secretary of health and environment may adopt rules and regulations with regard to the health standards which must be maintained by treatment facilities and may enforce such rules and regulations in accordance with the authority granted the secretary of health and environment under K.S.A. 65-425 et seq., and amendments thereto. If the rules and regulations of the secretary of health and environment establish such standards, an application under this section shall be accompanied by certification from the secretary of health and environment that the applicant has met the requirements established by such rules and regulations.