Authorization of social service centres for long-term care for people with disabilities in Castilla y León

HOW DO I QUALIFY?

The requirements established in Law 3/2024, of April 12, regulating the model of care in residential centers and day centers of social services for long-term care in Castilla y León and in the Order of June 21, 1993, of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, which regulates the minimum and specific requirements for authorization of centers for people with disabilities for their opening and operation.

What documents do I need?

Application, using the standard form, along with the documentation stipulated in Article 24 of Law 3/2024, of April 12, and in Article 13.2 of Order FAM/4/2015, of January 8:

• Municipal license for opening the center or corresponding building permit.
• Plans of the center, number of places, and description of the equipment.
• Document proving the availability of the property, or the right to use and enjoy the property for this purpose, or its availability to the applicant.
• Price list.
• Staff roster.
• Document issued by the competent authority certifying that the applicant has the legally required authorizations for the center's facilities.
• General plan of the center, with the content stipulated in Article 24 of Law 3/2024, of April 12.
• Internal regulations and rules of coexistence with the content established in article 24 of Law 3/2024, of April 12.
• Service charter with the content established in Article 24 of Law 3/2024, of April 12.
• Contingency plan with the content established in Article 24 of Law 3/2024, of April 12, and in the additional provision of the Order of June 21, 1993, of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, which regulates the minimum and specific authorization requirements for centers providing care to people with disabilities for their opening and operation.
• Document indicating the chosen option regarding the regulations applicable to the application concerning the basic characteristics of the center: Law 3/2024, of April 12, or Order of June 21, 1993. (This is only required for projects and works being processed before the entry into force of Law 3/2024, of April 12, to which the second transitional provision of the law applies.)
• Document issued by qualified technical personnel confirming the impossibility of harmonizing the essential elements that make up the living units with the actual building of the centers already authorized, based on duly accredited reasons of an architectural, environmental sustainability, or economic nature, as well as reasonable adjustments to their implementation. (This is only required for remodeling or expansion work at centers authorized before the entry into force of Law 3/2024, of April 12, to which, exceptionally, the first additional provision, point 2, of the law applies).
• A declaration of responsibility from the new entity owning the center or its legal representative, stating that it assumes all outstanding obligations and commitments with the regional government. (This is only required in cases of a change of ownership of the center)
• An explanatory report detailing the reasons justifying the requested modification. (This is only required in cases of modification to a center with authorization to open and operate).

WHAT TIME DO I HAVE TO ASK?

Open permanently.

DEADLINE FOR RESOLUTION:

The maximum period for issuing and notifying the decision on the authorization of a center for people with disabilities will be 3 MONTHS from the date of submission of the application. If this period elapses without express notification of the decision, the application will be considered rejected.

NOTIFICATIONS:

• By Postal Mail at the address of the interested party.
• Electronic notification by appearance, by means of a notice via the e-mail address included in the application. This notice shall not have the effect of a notification until the interested party accesses the content of the notification in the NOTI notification system. 

RESOURCES:

• Appeal.

 General information on administrative appeals (760 kbytes)

EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SILENCE:

Dismissal

APPLICABLE LEGISLATION:

• Law 3/2024, of April 12, regulating the care model in residential and day centers of social services for long-term care in Castile and León (Official Gazette of Castile and León, April 24, 2024).
• Decree 109/1993, of May 20, regulating the authorization, accreditation, and registration of social service entities, services, and centers in Castile and León (Official Gazette of Castile and León, No. 98, May 26, 1993).
• Order of June 21, 1993, of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, regulating the minimum and specific authorization requirements for centers for people with disabilities for their opening and operation (Official Gazette of Castile and León, No. 124, July 1, 1993).
• Order FAM/4/2015, of January 8, on the application of measures in the field of electronic administration and administrative simplification in the Ministry of Family and Equal Opportunities (BOCYL 12-01-2015).

Organisation:

Organisation responsible

• Consejería de Familia e Igualdad de Oportunidades
• Gerencia de Servicios Sociales

MANAGING ORGAN:

Gerencia de Servicios Sociales

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The granting of authorization implies automatic registration in the Register of Entities, Services, and Centers of a Social Nature in Castile and León.

Once the center is authorized and registered, the owners are obligated to incorporate into the REPRISS tool the data and documents contained in the annex to Order FAM/1402/2021, of November 9. Failure to do so, after being specifically requested to correct the data and information by the inspection and/or technical staff responsible for monitoring and controlling centers and services, may constitute a serious infraction regulated in Article 116.z) of Law 16/2010, of December 20.

ORDER FAM/1402/2021, of November 9, regulating the electronic information system for social service providers in the field of care for the elderly and people with disabilities in Castile and León (BOCyL 26-11-2021)

• Annex REPRISS_CENTERS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (247 kbytes)

Protection of personal data:

Information sheet on the processing of personal data (98 kbytes)