(1) After entry of an order registering the provider and before the provider enters into any residency agreement with or on behalf of the prospective resident, the provider shall notify prospective residents of their right to review the initial disclosure statement and shall make copies of the statement available upon request. The initial disclosure statement shall be available during regular business hours in the business office of the continuing care retirement community. The text of the initial disclosure statement shall contain the following information:
(a) The names of the individual or individuals who constitute the provider or, if the provider is a partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other legal entity, whether for profit or not for profit, the names of the officers, directors, trustees or managing general partners of the provider and a description of each such individual’s duties on behalf of the provider.
(b) The business address of the provider and a statement of whether the provider is an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other legal entity.
(c) With respect to a provider that is operated for profit, the names and business addresses of any individual having any more than a 10 percent ownership or beneficial interest in the provider and a description of such individual’s interest in or occupation with the provider.
(d)(A) A statement as to whether the provider is or is not affiliated with any other organization of any kind, the extent of the affiliation, if any, and the extent to which any of the affiliate organizations are responsible for the financial and contractual obligations of the provider; and
(B) The provision of the Internal Revenue Code, if any, under which the provider or any of the provider’s affiliates is exempt from the payment of federal income taxes.
(e) The location and general description of the continuing care retirement community and any other care facilities, both existing and proposed, owned or operated by the provider. The provider must disclose the following about any proposed continuing care retirement community or other care facilities:
(A) The estimated completion date or dates;
(B) A statement as to whether or not construction has begun; and
(C) Any contingencies subject to which construction may be deferred.
(f) A description of services provided or proposed to be furnished by the provider under its residency agreements including, without limitation, the extent to which medical care or assisted living is furnished, the services made available by the continuing care retirement community at an extra charge over and above the entrance fee and periodic charges provided for in the residency agreement.
(g) A description of all fees required of each resident, including the entrance fee, periodic charges and the manner in which any additional fees or periodic charges will be determined. The description shall include:
(A) The circumstances under which the resident will be permitted to remain in the continuing care retirement community in the event the resident is unable to pay periodic or other charges;
(B) The terms and conditions under which the residency agreement may be canceled by the provider or the resident or in the event of the death of the resident prior to or following occupancy of the living unit;
(C) The percentage of the entrance fee refund required by ORS 101.080 and the manner in which this percentage is calculated;
(D) The conditions under which a living unit occupied by a resident may be made available by the provider to another resident other than on the death of the resident executing the residency agreement;
(E) The manner by which the provider may adjust periodic charges or other recurring fees; and
(F) A statement of the fees to be charged if the resident marries or divorces while at the designated continuing care retirement community, the terms concerning the entry or departure of a spouse to the community and the consequences if a new spouse does not meet the requirements for entry.
(h) The provider’s most recent audited financial statement prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by a certified public accountant. This audited financial statement shall not have been prepared more than 16 months prior to the date of the initial application for registration.
(i) A copy of the residency agreement or agreements offered to the prospective resident by the provider.
(j) A statement on the cover page in a prominent location and typeface that registration of the continuing care retirement community does not constitute approval, recommendation or indorsement of the community by the Department of Human Services, and that such registration does not evidence the accuracy or completeness of the information set forth in the disclosure statement.
(k) Copies of the primary written brochures and written promotional materials furnished to prospective residents.
(2) Any person named in subsection (1)(a) or (c) of this section and any proposed or existing manager must disclose:
(a) Business experience in operation or management of the continuing care retirement community or other facilities;
(b) Whether the person or manager has been convicted of a crime;
(c) Whether the person or manager has been a party to any civil action in which a judgment for damages was obtained or in which an injunction was issued against the person or proposed manager for fraud, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion or misappropriation of property;
(d) Whether the person or manager has had any state or federal permits or licenses suspended or revoked in connection with the person or proposed manager’s business activities; and
(e) The identity of any business or professional service entity in which the person or proposed manager has a 10 percent or greater ownership interest and which the provider intends to employ to provide goods, services or any other things of value.
(3) In the event subsection (2)(e) of this section applies, the person or manager must disclose the anticipated costs to the provider or a statement that such costs cannot presently be estimated.
(4) In addition to complying with all the provisions of this section, the provider must submit on behalf of a new continuing care retirement community a statement of the anticipated source and application of funds used or to be used in the purchase or construction of the community, including:
(a) An estimate of the cost of purchasing or constructing and equipping the community which the provider expects to incur or become obligated for prior to the commencement of the operation of the community;
(b) A description of any mortgage loan or other long term financing intended to be used for the financing of the community;
(c) An estimate of the total entrance fees to be received from the residents at or prior to the commencement of operation of the continuing care retirement community based on projected occupancy at the time the community commences operation; and
(d) An estimate of the funds, if any, anticipated to be necessary to pay for start-up losses. [1989 c.693 §8; 1997 c.633 §5]
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