(A) The director shall establish and make available the form to request amendments to an application.

(B) For a change to be effective, an applicant must request and receive approval of the director for any amendment to the application.

(C) The director has the discretion to reject or approve, in whole or part, an amendment request and may issue a conditional approval of an amendment requiring additional materials or progress by a deadline established in the amendment determination. The director will notify the applicant in writing of the amendment notification. If the applicant does not meet the conditions of approval by the deadline established in the amendment determination, the amendment will be deemed to have been rejected for failure of the approval conditions. The director may, but shall not be obligated to, give written notice of rejection following failure of the approval.

(D) If an application has been approved with a rehabilitation period not exceeding twenty-four months as provided in division (A)(7)(a) of section 149.311 of the Revised Code, that application shall not be amended to a rehabilitation period not exceeding sixty months as provided in division (A)(7)(b) of section 149.311 of the Revised Code.