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CA Health & Safety Code § 1261.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1261.4.

1261.4.  (a) (1) A skilled nursing facility shall not contract with a person as a medical director if the person is not, or will not be within five years of the date of initial hire as the facility’s medical director, certified by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, or an equivalent organization as determined by the department, as a Certified Medical Director, except as set forth in paragraph (2).(2) A medical director already employed in a skilled nursing facility as of January 1, 2022, shall have until January 1, 2027, to become a Certified Medical Director pursuant to this section.(b) A skilled nursing facility shall submit to the department all of the following information on the medical director on an initial application:(1) An HS 215A form or its successor form.(2) A résumé.(3) Whether its medical director is certified as a Certified Medical Director according to the requirements established by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine or an equivalent organization as determined by the department.(4) If the medical director is not yet certified, the expected date of certification.(c) A skilled nursing facility shall notify the department of any changes in its medical director by submitting an HS 215A form or its successor form, a résumé, and proof of certification or progress toward certification for its medical director within 10 calendar days of those changes.(d) All skilled nursing facilities shall report to the department the name and certification status of the facility’s medical director by submitting an HS 215A form or its successor form, a résumé, and proof of certification or progress toward certification for its medical director no later than June 30, 2022.(e) (1) Subdivisions (a) through (d), inclusive, do not apply to a skilled nursing facility that is operated as a distinct part of an acute care hospital.(2) A skilled nursing facility that is operated as a distinct part of an acute care hospital shall designate a qualified physician as a medical director who is responsible for standards, coordination, surveillance, and planning for improvement of medical care in the facility.(3) For purposes of paragraph (2), “qualified physician” means either of the following:(A) The physician is certified, or pursuing certification, by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine as a Certified Medical Director.(B) The physician is board certified in a medical specialty consistent with the type of care provided in the skilled nursing facility, including, but not limited to, physical medicine and rehabilitation or pulmonology, and whose role as the medical director of the skilled nursing facility has been reviewed and approved by the hospital’s leadership.(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 586, Sec. 1. (AB 749) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, by its own provisions.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1261.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1261.5.

1261.5.  (a) The number of oral dosage form or suppository form drugs provided by a pharmacy to a health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d), or both subdivisions (c) and (d), of Section 1250 of this code for storage in a secured emergency supplies container, pursuant to Section 4119 of the Business and Professions Code, shall be limited to 48. The State Department of Public Health may limit the number of doses of each drug available to not more than 16 doses of any separate drug dosage form in each emergency supply.(b) Not more than four of the 48 oral form or suppository form drugs secured for storage in the emergency supplies container shall be psychotherapeutic drugs, except that the department may grant a program flexibility request to the facility to increase the number of psychotherapeutic drugs in the emergency supplies container to not more than 10 if the facility can demonstrate the necessity for an increased number of drugs based on the needs of the patient population at the facility. In addition, the four oral form or suppository form psychotherapeutic drug limit shall not apply to a special treatment program service unit distinct part, as defined in Section 1276.9. The department shall limit the number of doses of psychotherapeutic drugs available to not more than four doses in each emergency supply. Nothing in this section shall alter or diminish informed consent requirements, including, but not limited to, the requirements of Section 1418.9.(c) Any limitations established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) on the number and quantity of oral dosage or suppository form drugs provided by a pharmacy to a health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d), or both subdivisions (c) and (d), of Section 1250 for storage in a secured emergency supplies container shall not apply to an automated drug delivery system, as defined in Section 1261.6, when a pharmacist controls access to the drugs.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 111. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1262 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1262.

1262.  (a)  When a mental health patient is being discharged from one of the facilities specified in subdivision (c), the patient and the patient’s conservator, guardian, or other legally authorized representative shall be given a written aftercare plan prior to the patient’s discharge from the facility. The written aftercare plan shall include, to the extent known, all of the following components: (1)  The nature of the illness and followup required. (2)  Medications including side effects and dosage schedules. If the patient was given an informed consent form with his or her medications, the form shall satisfy the requirement for information on side effects of the medications. (3)  Expected course of recovery. (4)  Recommendations regarding treatment that are relevant to the patient’s care. (5)  Referrals to providers of medical and mental health services. (6)  Other relevant information. (b)  The patient shall be advised by facility personnel that he or she may designate another person to receive a copy of the aftercare plan. A copy of the aftercare plan shall be given to any person designated by the patient. (c)  Subdivision (a) applies to all of the following facilities: (1)  A state mental hospital. (2)  A general acute care hospital as described in subdivision (a) of Section 1250. (3)  An acute psychiatric hospital as described in subdivision (b) of Section 1250. (4)  A psychiatric health facility as described in Section 1250.2. (5)  A mental health rehabilitation center as described in Section 5675 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (6)  A skilled nursing facility with a special treatment program, as described in Section 51335 and Sections 72443 to 72475, inclusive, of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. (d)  For purposes of this section, “mental health patient” means a person who is admitted to the facility primarily for the diagnosis or treatment of a mental disorder. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 346, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1262.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1262.4.

1262.4.  (a) No hospital, as defined in subdivisions (a), (b), and (f) of Section 1250, may cause the transfer of homeless patients from one county to another county for the purpose of receiving supportive services from a social services agency, health care service provider, or nonprofit social services provider within the other county, without prior notification to, and authorization from, the social services agency, health care service provider, or nonprofit social services provider.(b)  For purposes of this section, “homeless patient” means an individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence, or who has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, or who is residing in a public or private place that was not designed to provide temporary living accommodations or to be used as a sleeping accommodation for human beings.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 152. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1262.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1262.6.

1262.6.  (a) Each hospital shall provide each patient, upon admission or as soon thereafter as reasonably practical, written information regarding the patient’s right to the following:(1) To be informed of continuing health care requirements following discharge from the hospital.(2) To be informed that, if the patient so authorizes, that a friend or family member may be provided information about the patient’s continuing health care requirements following discharge from the hospital.(3) Participate actively in decisions regarding medical care. To the extent permitted by law, participation shall include the right to refuse treatment.(4) Appropriate pain assessment and treatment consistent with Sections 124960 and 124961.(5) To be free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status as set forth in Section 51 of the Civil Code.(6) Information on how to file a complaint with the following:(A) The State Department of Public Health, in accordance with Section 1288.4.(B) The Department of Fair Employment and Housing.(C) The Medical Board of California.(b) A hospital may include the information required by this section with other notices to the patient regarding patient rights. If a hospital chooses to include this information along with existing notices to the patient regarding patient rights, any newly required information shall be provided when the hospital exhausts its existing inventory of written materials and prints new written materials.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 533, Sec. 1. (SB 464) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1262.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1262.7.

1262.7.  (a)  A skilled nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, shall admit a patient only upon a physician’s order and only if the facility is able to provide necessary care for the patient. (b)  The administrator or designee of a skilled nursing facility shall be responsible for screening patients for admission to the facility to ensure that the facility admits only those patients for whom it can provide necessary care. The administrator, or his or her designee, shall conduct preadmission personal interviews as appropriate with the patient’s physician, the patient, the patient’s next of kin or sponsor, or the representative of the facility from which the patient is being transferred. A telephone interview may be conducted when a personal interview is not feasible. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 691, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1263.

1263.  (a)  This section shall be known and may be cited as the Dementia Training Standards Act of 2001. (b)  (1)  Any certified nurse assistant employed by a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall have completed at least two hours of initial dementia-specific training as part of the facility’s orientation program. The training shall be completed within the first 40 hours of employment. (2)  The facility shall develop a dementia-specific training component within the existing orientation program, to be implemented no later than July 1, 2002. (3)  The facility’s modified orientation program shall be reviewed by the department in a phasein schedule that begins no later than July 1, 2002, and is completed no later than July 1, 2005. (c)  Any certified nursing assistant employed by a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall participate in a minimum of five hours of dementia-specific in-service training per year, as part of the facility’s in-service training. (d)  Freestanding and hospital-based pediatric skilled nursing facilities with exclusively pediatric occupancy shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in this section. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 339, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1264.

1264.  (a) Any health facility licensed under Section 1250 that provides prenatal screening ultrasound to detect congenital heart defects shall require that the ultrasound be performed by a sonographer who is nationally certified in obstetrical ultrasound by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), nationally certified in cardiac sonography by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), or credentialed in sonography by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).(b) For purposes of this section, the following shall apply:(1) A sonographer is also known as an “ultrasound technologist” or “sonologist.”(2) “Sonographer” means any nonphysician who is qualified by national certification or academic or clinical experience to perform diagnostic medical ultrasound, with a subspecialty in obstetrical ultrasound.(c) (1) Any sonographer who is certified as required in subdivision (a) or otherwise meets the requirements of this section, shall, in performing a prenatal ultrasound to detect congenital heart defects, perform the work under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon.(2) For purposes of this section, licensed physician and surgeon means any physician and surgeon, licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.(d) Any person with a minimum of two years of full-time work experience in this state as a sonographer in prenatal ultrasound and has obtained, or is in the process of obtaining, 30 continuing medical education credits over a three-year period in ultrasound shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this section.(e) A health facility shall develop policies and procedures to implement the requirements of this section.(f) This section and policies and procedures adopted pursuant to this section shall not prohibit any physician and surgeon licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code from performing a prenatal ultrasound nor in any other way limit the ability of a licensed physician and surgeon to practice medicine in a manner consistent with that license.(g) This section and policies and procedures adopted pursuant to this section shall not apply to any physician and surgeon, sonologist, certified nurse-midwife, or nurse practitioner who performs limited prenatal ultrasounds for the purpose of obtaining an amniotic fluid index, fetal position, a biophysical profile or dating a pregnancy prior to 20 weeks gestation.(h) Article 4 (commencing with Section 1235) and any other provision relating to criminal sanctions for violations of this chapter shall not apply to any person who violates this section or any regulation adopted pursuant to this section.(i) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2006.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 770, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005. Section operative July 1, 2006, by its own provisions.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1265.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1265.1.

1265.1.  (a)  An application for licensure under this chapter may be denied by the state department if the applicant for a license has been convicted of a crime, as defined in Section 1265.2, or on the ground of knowingly making a false statement of fact required to be revealed in an application for such licensure. (b)  If the applicant is a firm, partnership, association, or corporation, the conviction of any officer, director, shareholder with a beneficial ownership interest in the applicant exceeding 10 percent, or the person in charge of the health facility may serve as the basis for denial of the license by the state department. If the applicant is a political subdivision of the state or other governmental agency, the conviction of such a crime by the person in charge of the health facility may serve as the basis for denial of the license by the state department. (c)  The record of conviction or a certified copy thereof certified by the clerk of the court or by the judge in whose court the conviction is had, shall be conclusive evidence thereof. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 708.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1265.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1265.2.

1265.2.  A “crime,” within the meaning of this chapter, means a violation of a law or regulation which is substantially related to the qualifications or duties of the applicant or licensee or which is substantially related to the functions of the business for which the license was, or is to be, issued.A “conviction,” within the meaning of this chapter, means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere. Any action which the state department is permitted to take following the establishment of a conviction may be taken when the time for appeal has elapsed, or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal or when an order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, notwithstanding a subsequent order pursuant to the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code permitting such person to withdraw his plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the verdict of guilty, or dismissing the accusation, information, or indictment.Evidence of conviction of a misdemeanor following a plea of nolo contendere pursuant to the provisions of Section 1290 shall not be admissible in any hearing conducted under Section 1269 or 1295.No application for licensure shall be denied nor shall a license be suspended or revoked solely on the basis of the conviction of a crime if the director determines that the person has been rehabilitated in accordance with standards for rehabilitation developed by the director. The director shall take into account all competent evidence of rehabilitation furnished by the applicant or licensee. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1285.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1265.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1265.3.

1265.3.  (a) For any individual or entity that seeks approval to operate or manage a health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 and is subject to Section 1265, the department shall consider the following:(1) To determine whether the applicant is of reputable and responsible character, the department shall consider any available information that the applicant has demonstrated a pattern and practice of violations of state or federal laws and regulations. The department shall give particular consideration to those violations that affect the applicant’s ability to deliver safe patient care.(2) To determine whether the applicant has the ability to comply with this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted under this chapter, the department shall consider evidence that shall include all of the following:(A) If any, prior history of operating in this state any other facility licensed pursuant to Section 1250, and the applicant’s history of substantial compliance with the requirements imposed under that license, applicable federal laws and regulations, and requirements governing the operators of those facilities.(B) If any, prior history of operating in any other state any facility authorized to receive Medicare Program reimbursement or Medicaid Program reimbursement, and the applicant’s history of substantial compliance with that state’s requirements, and applicable federal laws, regulations, and requirements.(C) If any, prior history of providing health services as a licensed health professional or an individual or entity contracting with a health care service plan or insurer, and the applicant’s history of substantial compliance with state requirements, and applicable federal law, regulations, and requirements.(b) The department may also require the entity described in subdivision (a) to furnish other information or documents for the proper administration and enforcement of the licensing laws.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 507, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1265.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1265.7.

1265.7.  (a)  (1)  The state department shall adopt regulations for the licensure of congregate living health facilities. The regulations shall include minimum standards of adequacy, safety, and sanitation of the physical plant and equipment, minimum standards for staffing with duly qualified personnel, and training of the staff, and minimum standards for providing the services offered. (2)  Regulations for facilities approved to provide services for persons who may be ventilator dependent shall ensure that residents of these facilities are assured appropriate supportive health services in the most normal, least restrictive physical and rehabilitative environment appropriate to individual resident needs. (3)  Regulations for facilities approved to provide services for persons who are terminally ill, who have a diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, who are catastrophically and severely disabled, or any combination of those persons, shall ensure that residents of these facilities receive supportive health services, based on individual resident acuity levels in the most normal, least restrictive physical environment for individual resident needs. (b)  Pending adoption of the regulations pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), an entity shall be licensed as a congregate living health facility serving persons who are terminally ill, persons who are catastrophically and severely disabled, persons who are mentally alert but physically disabled, or any combination of these persons, by the state department beginning July 1, 1988, if it meets the requirements identified in subdivision (i) of Section 1250 and in Section 1267.13. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 494, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1265.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1265.8.

1265.8.  In addition to the requirements of this chapter, any person, political subdivision of the state, or governmental agency desiring a license for a health facility shall file with the state department a verified statement that it has complied with the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 12.5, and it has received approval pursuant to that chapter. The state department shall not issue any license until such requirement has been met.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.)