Section 11. Processing of application

(1) On receipt of an application the Authority may, if it is satisfied after causing such enquiry as may be necessary to be made and after following the criteria as may be prescribed grant a license or, as the case may be, register a nursing home or, for reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to grant a license or to register a nursing home: Provided that no order refusing to grant a license or to register a nursing home shall be passed unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard. (2) In cases where grant of a license is refused it shall not be necessary for the nursing home to the registered.