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CA Health & Safety Code § 1250.05 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1250.05.

1250.05.  (a)  All general acute care hospitals licensed under this chapter shall maintain a medical records system, based upon current standards for medical record retrieval and storage, that organizes all medical records for each patient under a unique identifier. (b)  This section shall not require electronic records or require that all portions of patients’ records be stored in a single location. (c)  In addition, all general acute care hospitals shall have the ability to identify the location of all portions of a patient’s medical record that are maintained under the general acute care hospital’s license. (d)  All general acute care hospitals, including those holding a consolidated general acute care license pursuant to Section 1250.8, shall develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that relevant portions of patients’ medical records can be made available within a reasonable period of time to respond to the request of a treating physician, other authorized medical professionals, authorized representatives of the department, or any other person authorized by law to make such a request, taking into consideration the physical location of the records and hours of operation of the facility where those records are located, as well as the best interests of the patients. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 310, Sec. 12. Effective August 19, 1998.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1250.06 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1250.06.

1250.06.  A licensed general acute care hospital, as defined pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1250, or an acute psychiatric hospital, as defined pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1250, shall adopt policies and procedures regarding the responsibility for ensuring proper methods of repackaging and labeling of bulk cleaning agents, solvents, chemicals, and nondrug hazardous substances used throughout the hospital. The hospital is not required to consult a pharmacist regarding the repackaging and labeling of these substances, except for areas where sterile compounding is performed.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 319, Sec. 4. (SB 1039) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1250.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1250.1.

1250.1.  (a) The department shall adopt regulations that define all of the following bed classifications for health facilities:(1) General acute care.(2) Skilled nursing.(3) Intermediate care-developmental disabilities.(4) Intermediate care—other.(5) Acute psychiatric.(6) Specialized care, with respect to special hospitals only.(7) Chemical dependency recovery.(8) Intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative.(9) Intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled nursing.(10) Congregate living health facility.(11) Pediatric day health and respite care facility, as defined in Section 1760.2.(12) Correctional treatment center. For correctional treatment centers that provide psychiatric and psychological services provided by county mental health agencies in local detention facilities, the State Department of State Hospitals shall adopt regulations specifying acute and nonacute levels of 24-hour care. Licensed inpatient beds in a correctional treatment center shall be used only for the purpose of providing health services.(13) Hospice facility.(b) Except as provided in Section 1253.1, beds classified as intermediate care beds, on September 27, 1978, shall be reclassified by the department as intermediate care—other. This reclassification shall not constitute a “project” within the meaning of Section 127170 and shall not be subject to any requirement for a certificate of need under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 127125) of Part 2 of Division 107, and regulations of the department governing intermediate care prior to the effective date shall continue to be applicable to the intermediate care—other classification unless and until amended or repealed by the department.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 673, Sec. 3. (SB 135) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1250.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1250.5.

1250.5.  “Council” means the Advisory Health Council.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1250.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1250.6.

1250.6.  Any requirement placed upon, or reference to, a corporation in this chapter, shall also apply to a limited liability company.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 685, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1250.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1250.7.

1250.7.  (a)  (1)  With respect to each hospital designated by the department as a critical access hospital, and certified as such by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the federal Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, the department may develop criteria to waive any requirements of Division 5 (commencing with Section 70001) of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations that are in conflict with the federal requirements for designation in the federal program, if the department finds that it is in the public interest to do so, and the department determines that the waiver would not negatively affect the quality of patient care. (2)  The criteria established pursuant to this subdivision shall not be considered regulations within the meaning of Section 11342 of the Government Code, and shall not be subject to adoption as regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (b)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that a critical access hospital is not a general acute care hospital. Every hospital designated by the department as a critical access hospital and certified as such by the United States Department of Health and Human Services shall be deemed to be a general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, even if the department waives regulatory requirements otherwise applicable to general acute care hospitals pursuant to this section. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 752, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1250.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1250.11.

1250.11.  The State Department of Public Health shall develop written guidelines and regulations as necessary to minimize the risk of transmission of blood-borne infectious diseases from health care worker to patient, from patient to patient, and from patient to health care worker. In so doing, the department shall consider the recommendations made by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for preventing transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B. The department shall also take into account existing regulations of the department as well as standards, guidelines, and regulations pursuant to the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 5 of the Labor Code) regarding infection control to prevent infection or disease as a result of the transmission of blood-borne pathogens. In so doing, the department shall consult with the Medical Board of California, the Dental Board of California, and the Board of Registered Nursing as well as associations representing health care professions, associations of licensed health facilities, organizations that advocate on behalf of those infected with HIV, and organizations representing consumers of health care. The department shall complete its review of the need for guidelines and regulations by January 1, 1993.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 100. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1251.

1251.  “License” means a basic permit to operate a health facility with an authorized number and classification of beds. A license shall not be transferable.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 854.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1251.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1251.3.

1251.3.  A health facility licensed as a general acute care hospital, providing alcohol recovery services, may convert its licensure category to an acute psychiatric hospital and it may reclassify all of its general acute care beds to acute psychiatric without first obtaining a certificate of need pursuant to Section 127170 if all of the following conditions are met:(a)  The health facility notifies, in writing, the State Department and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development on or before September 3, 1982. (b)  The project would reclassify all of the facility’s general acute care beds to acute psychiatric. (c)  The total licensed capacity of the facility to be converted does not exceed 31 beds. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 155. Effective September 29, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1251.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1251.4.

1251.4.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon application of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the department shall change the license category of a general acute care hospital licensed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to a correctional treatment center license. No licensing inspection is required for this change of license category.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, upon application of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the department shall change the license category of a general acute care hospital or any other licensed health facility located on the grounds of a prison to a correctional treatment center license regardless of the location of the buildings included in those licenses. No licensing inspection is required for this change of license category.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 26, Sec. 10. (AB 1468) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1251.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1251.5.

1251.5.  A “special permit” is a permit issued in addition to a license, authorizing a health facility to offer one or more of the special services specified in Section 1255 when the state department has determined that the health facility has met the standards for quality of care established by state department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 1275).(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1252.

1252.  (a) “Special service” means a functional division, department, or unit of a health facility that is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide a specific type or types of patient care and that has been identified by regulations of the state department and for which the state department has established special standards for quality of care. “Special service” does not include a functional division, department, or unit of a nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 1250, that is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide inpatient physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, or speech pathology and audiology services to residents of the facility if these services are provided solely to meet the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certification requirements. “Special service” includes physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, or speech pathology and audiology services provided by a nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 1250, to outpatients.(b) This section does not limit the department’s ability to evaluate compliance with the therapy requirements for nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities established in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations during investigations or inspections, including, but not limited to, inspections conducted pursuant to Section 1422, or to limit the department’s ability to enforce the therapy requirements.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 288, Sec. 1. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1253.

1253.  (a)  No person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a health facility in this state, without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in this chapter, nor provide, after July 1, 1974, special services without approval of the state department. However, any health facility offering any special service on the effective date of this section shall be approved by the state department to continue those services until the state department evaluates the quality of those services and takes permitted action. (b)  This section shall not apply to a receiver appointed by the court to temporarily operate a long-term health care facility pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 1325). (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 451, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1253.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1253.5.

1253.5.  (a) The State Department of Public Health, upon issuance and renewal of a license for a general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, an acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250, or a special hospital as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1250, shall separately identify on the license each supplemental service, including the address of where each outpatient service is provided and the type of services provided at each outpatient location.(b) On or before July 1, 2010, the department shall post and make available on its Web site a listing of all outpatient services of licensed hospitals identified on the hospital’s license as a supplemental service pursuant to subdivision (a). The listing shall include the name and physical address of where the outpatient service is provided. The department’s Web site shall include a disclaimer that the information contained in the listing is limited to the outpatient service information reported to the department by licensed hospitals.(c) The department shall work with stakeholders to review, streamline, and revise the initial and renewal license application form prescribed and furnished by the department to any person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation desiring a license, a change in licensed beds or services, or renewing a license for a hospital, acute psychiatric hospital, or special hospital.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 396, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1253.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1253.7.

1253.7.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, “observation services” means outpatient services provided by a general acute care hospital and that have been ordered by a provider, to those patients who have unstable or uncertain conditions potentially serious enough to warrant close observation, but not so serious as to warrant inpatient admission to the hospital. Observation services may include the use of a bed, monitoring by nursing and other staff, and any other services that are reasonable and necessary to safely evaluate a patient’s condition or determine the need for a possible inpatient admission to the hospital.(b) When a patient in an inpatient unit of a hospital or in an observation unit, as defined in subdivision (c), is receiving observation services, or following a change in a patient’s status from inpatient to observation, the patient shall receive written notice, as soon as practicable, that he or she is on observation status. The notice shall state that while on observation status, the patient’s care is being provided on an outpatient basis, which may affect his or her health care coverage reimbursement. (c) For purposes of this chapter, “observation unit” means an area in which observation services are provided in a setting outside of any inpatient unit and that is not part of an emergency department of a general acute care hospital. A hospital may establish one or more observation units that shall be marked with signage identifying the observation unit area as an outpatient area. The signage shall use the term “outpatient” in the title of the designated area to indicate clearly to all patients and family members that the observation services provided in the center are not inpatient services. Identifying an observation unit by a name or term other than that used in this subdivision does not exempt the general acute care hospital from compliance with the requirements of this section. (d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 1275, an observation unit shall comply with the same licensed nurse-to-patient ratios as supplemental emergency services. This subdivision is not intended to alter or amend the effect of any regulation adopted pursuant to Section 1276.4 as of the effective date of the act that added this subdivision.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 723, Sec. 1. (SB 1076) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1254.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1254.1.

1254.1.  (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall license psychiatric health facilities to provide their basic services specified in Section 1250.(b) Any reference in any statute to Section 1254 shall be deemed and construed to also be a reference to this section.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 23, Sec. 9. (AB 82) Effective June 27, 2013.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1254.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1254.2.

1254.2.  (a)  The state department, in addition to the licensing duties imposed by Section 1254, shall license chemical dependency recovery hospitals to provide the basic services specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1250.3. (b)  Any reference in any statute to Section 1254 shall be deemed and construed to also be a reference to this section. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 707.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1254.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1254.4.

1254.4.  (a) A general acute care hospital shall adopt a policy for providing family or next of kin with a reasonably brief period of accommodation, as described in subdivision (b), from the time that a patient is declared dead by reason of irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, in accordance with Section 7180, through discontinuation of cardiopulmonary support for the patient. During this reasonably brief period of accommodation, a hospital is required to continue only previously ordered cardiopulmonary support. No other medical intervention is required.(b) For purposes of this section, a “reasonably brief period” means an amount of time afforded to gather family or next of kin at the patient’s bedside.(c) (1) A hospital subject to this section shall provide the patient’s legally recognized health care decisionmaker, if any, or the patient’s family or next of kin, if available, with a written statement of the policy described in subdivision (a), upon request, but no later than shortly after the treating physician has determined that the potential for brain death is imminent.(2) If the patient’s legally recognized health care decisionmaker, family, or next of kin voices any special religious or cultural practices and concerns of the patient or the patient’s family surrounding the issue of death by reason of irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain of the patient, the hospital shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate those religious and cultural practices and concerns.(d) For purposes of this section, in determining what is reasonable, a hospital shall consider the needs of other patients and prospective patients in urgent need of care.(e) There shall be no private right of action to sue pursuant to this section.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 465, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1254.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1254.5.

1254.5.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the disease of eating disorders is not simply medical or psychiatric, but involves biological, sociological, psychological, family, medical, and spiritual components. In addition, the Legislature finds and declares that the treatment of eating disorders is multifaceted, and like the treatment of chemical dependency, does not fall neatly into either the traditional medical or psychiatric milieu.(b) The inpatient treatment of eating disorders shall be provided only in state licensed hospitals, which may be general acute care hospitals as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, acute psychiatric hospitals as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250, or any other licensed health facility designated by the State Department of Public Health.(c) “Eating disorders,” for the purposes of this section, shall have the meaning of the term as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, as published by the American Psychiatric Association.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 435, Sec. 1. (AB 614) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1254.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1254.6.

1254.6.  (a)  A hospital shall provide, free of charge, information and instructional materials regarding sudden infant death syndrome, as described in Section 1596.847, explaining the medical effects upon infants and young children and emphasizing measures that may reduce the risk. (b)  The information and materials described in subdivision (a) shall be provided to parents or guardians of each newborn, upon discharge from the hospital. In the event of home birth attended by a licensed midwife, the midwife shall provide the information and instructional materials to the parents or guardians of the newborn. (c)  To the maximum extent practicable, the materials provided to parents or guardians of each newborn shall substantially reflect the information contained in materials approved by the state department for public circulation. The state department shall make available to hospitals, free of charge, information in camera-ready typesetting format. Nothing in this section prohibits a hospital from obtaining free and suitable information from any other public or private agency. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 263, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)