(a) General rule.--The department shall, after an investigation and after a departmental determination that the applicant complies with the provisions of this section, issue to any applicant a license to operate an older adult daily living center.

(b) Requirements.--An applicant for a license to operate an older adult daily living center shall comply with all of the following requirements:

(c) Record.--The department shall keep a record of all applications and all licenses issued under this act.

(d) Cooperation with Department of Public Welfare.¹--It is the intent of the General Assembly to empower the department to license and regulate older adult daily living centers which provide a program of activities in a protected, nonresidential environment to adults who are functionally impaired but are capable of maintaining independence within the community. The department shall coordinate with the Department of Public Welfare to regulate facilities in those limited cases where the facility provides services to persons under this act and to persons who receive services under Articles IX and X of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L. 31, No. 21),² known as the Public Welfare Code.