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CA Health & Safety Code § 1279.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1279.6.

1279.6.  (a) A health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, shall develop, implement, and comply with a patient safety plan for the purpose of improving the health and safety of patients and reducing preventable patient safety events. The patient safety plan shall be developed by the facility, in consultation with the facility’s various health care professionals.(b) The patient safety plan required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall, at a minimum, provide for the establishment of all of the following:(1) A patient safety committee or equivalent committee in composition and function. The committee shall be composed of the facility’s various health care professionals, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and administrators. The committee shall do all of the following:(A) Review and approve the patient safety plan.(B) Receive and review reports of patient safety events as defined in subdivision (c).(C) Monitor implementation of corrective actions for patient safety events.(D) Make recommendations to eliminate future patient safety events.(E) Review and revise the patient safety plan, at least once a year, but more often if necessary, to evaluate and update the plan, and to incorporate advancements in patient safety practices.(2) A reporting system for patient safety events that allows anyone involved, including, but not limited to, health care practitioners, facility employees, patients, and visitors, to make a report of a patient safety event to the health facility.(3) A process for a team of facility staff to conduct analyses, including, but not limited to, root cause analyses of patient safety events. The team shall be composed of the facility’s various categories of health care professionals, with the appropriate competencies to conduct the required analyses.(4) A reporting process that supports and encourages a culture of safety and reporting patient safety events.(5) A process for providing ongoing patient safety training for facility personnel and health care practitioners.(c) For the purposes of this section, patient safety events shall be defined by the patient safety plan and shall include, but not be limited to, all adverse events or potential adverse events as described in Section 1279.1 that are determined to be preventable, and health-care-associated infections (HAI), as defined in the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, or its successor, unless the department accepts the recommendation of the Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee, or its successor, that are determined to be preventable.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 294, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1279.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1279.7.

1279.7.  (a) A health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, shall implement a facilitywide hand hygiene program.(b) Commencing January 1, 2017, a health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from using an epidural connector that would fit into a connector other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to provide health care.(c) Commencing January 1, 2016, a health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from using an intravenous connector that would fit into a connector other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to provide health care.(d) Commencing July 1, 2016, a health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from using an enteral feeding connector that would fit into a connector other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to provide health care.(e) The Advanced Medical Technology Association shall, on January 1 of each year until the standards are developed, provide the Legislature with a report on the progress of the International Organization for Standardization in developing new design standards for connectors for intravenous, epidural, or enteral applications.(f) A health facility that is required to develop a patient safety plan pursuant to Section 1279.6 shall include in the patient safety plan measures to prevent adverse events associated with misconnecting intravenous, enteral feeding, and epidural lines. This subdivision shall become inoperative as to epidural connectors upon the operative date of subdivision (b), and as to intravenous connectors upon the operative date of subdivision (c), and as to enteral feeding connectors upon the operative date of subdivision (d).(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 174. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1279.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1279.8.

1279.8.  (a) Every health facility, as defined in subdivision (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), or (m) of Section 1250, shall, for the purpose of addressing issues that arise when a patient is missing from the facility, develop and comply with an absentee notification plan as part of the written plans and procedures that are required pursuant to federal or state law. The plan shall include and be limited to the following: a requirement that an administrator of the facility, or his or her designee, inform the patient’s authorized representative when that patient is missing from the facility and the circumstances in which an administrator of the facility, or his or her designee, shall notify local law enforcement when a patient is missing from the facility.(b) This section shall not apply to state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals when the executive director of the state hospital, or his or her designee, determines that informing the patient’s authorized representative that a patient is missing will create a risk to the safety and security of the state hospital.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 674, Sec. 1. (AB 620) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.1.

1280.1.  (a) Subject to subdivision (d), prior to the effective date of regulations adopted to implement Section 1280.3, if a licensee of a health facility licensed under subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 receives a notice of deficiency constituting an immediate jeopardy to the health or safety of a patient and is required to submit a plan of correction, the department may assess the licensee an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per violation.(b) If the licensee disputes a determination by the department regarding the alleged deficiency or the alleged failure to correct a deficiency, or regarding the reasonableness of the proposed deadline for correction or the amount of the penalty, the licensee may, within 10 days, request a hearing pursuant to Section 131071. Penalties shall be paid when appeals have been exhausted and the department’s position has been upheld.(c) For purposes of this section “immediate jeopardy” means a situation in which the licensee’s noncompliance with one or more requirements of licensure has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury or death to the patient.(d) This section shall apply only to incidents occurring on or after January 1, 2007. With respect to incidents occurring on or after January 1, 2009, the amount of the administrative penalties assessed under subdivision (a) shall be up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per violation. With respect to incidents occurring on or after January 1, 2009, the amount of the administrative penalties assessed under subdivision (a) shall be up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the first administrative penalty, up to seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the second subsequent administrative penalty, and up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the third and every subsequent violation. An administrative penalty issued after three years from the date of the last issued immediate jeopardy violation shall be considered a first administrative penalty so long as the facility has not received additional immediate jeopardy violations and is found by the department to be in substantial compliance with all state and federal licensing laws and regulations. The department shall have full discretion to consider all factors when determining the amount of an administrative penalty pursuant to this section.(e) No new regulations are required or authorized for implementation of this section.(f) This section shall become inoperative on the effective date of regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to Section 1280.3.(g) In enforcing this section, the department shall take into consideration the special circumstances of small and rural hospitals, as defined in Section 124840, in order to protect access to quality care in those hospitals.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 605, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009. Inoperative on date prescribed in subd. (f).)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.2.

1280.2.  (a)  No deficiency cited pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1280 or Section 1280.1 shall be for the failure of a facility to meet the requirements of the California Building Standards Code if, as of January 1, 1994, the hospital building was approved under Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 12.5, or if the hospital building was exempt from that approval under any other provision of law in effect on that date. (b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that neither the amendments made to Section 1280 by the act that added this section, nor Section 1280.1 shall be construed to require the retrofitting of hospital buildings built prior to January 1, 1994, to meet seismic standards in effect on that date. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1152, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.4.

1280.4.  (a) If a licensee of a health facility licensed under subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 fails to report an adverse event pursuant to Section 1279.1, the department may assess the licensee a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that the adverse event is not reported following the initial five-day period or 24-hour period, as applicable, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1279.1.(b) If a licensee of a health facility licensed under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1250 is required to, and fails to, immediately report an incident under subdivision (a) of Section 4427.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department may assess the licensee a civil penalty in the amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that the incident was not reported to law enforcement.(c) If a licensee disputes a determination by the department regarding an alleged failure to report as described in this section, the licensee may, within 10 days, request a hearing pursuant to Section 131071. Penalties shall be paid when appeals pursuant to those provisions have been exhausted.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 724, Sec. 1. (SB 651) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.5.

1280.5.  The state department shall accept, consider, and resolve written appeals by a licensee or health facility administrator of findings made upon the inspection of a health facility.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 595, Sec. 1.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.6.

1280.6.  In assessing an administrative penalty pursuant to Section 1280.1 or Section 1280.3 against a licensee of a health facility licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1250 owned by a nonprofit corporation that shares an identical board of directors with a nonprofit health care service plan licensed pursuant to Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340), the director shall consider whether the deficiency arises from an incident that is the subject of investigation of, or has resulted in a fine to, the health care service plan by the Department of Managed Health Care. If the deficiency results from the same incident, the director shall limit the administrative penalty to take into consideration the penalty imposed by the Department of Managed Health Care.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 895, Sec. 5.5. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.16.

1280.16.  For purposes of Sections 1280.17, 1280.18, 1280.19, and 1280.20, the following definitions apply:(a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.(b) “Director” means the State Public Health Officer.(c) “Medical information” means the term as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(d) “Provider of health care” means the term as defined in Sections 56.05 and 56.06 of the Civil Code.(e) “Unauthorized access” means the inappropriate review or viewing of patient medical information without a direct need for diagnosis, treatment, or other lawful use as permitted by the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code) or by other statutes or regulations governing the lawful access, use, or disclosure of medical information.(Added by renumbering Section 130201 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 24. (SB 857) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.17.

1280.17.  (a) (1)  The department may assess an administrative fine against any person or any provider of health care, whether licensed or unlicensed, for any violation of Section 1280.18 of this code or Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code in an amount as provided in Section 56.36 of the Civil Code. Proceedings against any person or entity for a violation of this section shall be held in accordance with administrative adjudication provisions of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a clinic, health facility, agency, or hospice licensed pursuant to Section 1204, 1250, 1725, or 1745.(b) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, rules and regulations as may be reasonable and proper to carry out the purposes and intent of Sections 1280.18, 1280.19, and 1280.20, and to enable the authority to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred upon it by those sections not inconsistent with any other provision of law.(Added by renumbering Section 130202 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 25. (SB 857) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.18 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.18.

1280.18.  (a) Every provider of health care shall establish and implement appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the privacy of a patient’s medical information. Every provider of health care shall reasonably safeguard confidential medical information from any unauthorized access or unlawful access, use, or disclosure.(b) In exercising its duties pursuant to Section 1280.17, the department shall consider the provider’s capability, complexity, size, and history of compliance with this section and other related state and federal statutes and regulations, the extent to which the provider detected violations and took steps to immediately correct and prevent past violations from reoccurring, and factors beyond the provider’s immediate control that restricted the facility’s ability to comply with this section.(c) The department may conduct joint investigations of individuals and health facilities for violations of this section and Section 1280.15, respectively.(Added by renumbering Section 130203 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 26. (SB 857) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.19 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.19.

1280.19.  The Internal Health Information Integrity Quality Improvement Account is hereby created in the State Treasury. All administrative fines assessed by the department pursuant to Section 56.36 of the Civil Code shall be deposited in the Internal Health Information Integrity Quality Improvement Account. Notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code, all interest earned on the moneys deposited in the account shall be retained in the account. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, money in the account shall be used for the purpose of supporting quality improvement activities in the department.(Added by renumbering Section 130204 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 27. (SB 857) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.20.

1280.20.  Notwithstanding any other law, the director may send a recommendation for further investigation of, or discipline for, a potential violation of the licensee’s relevant licensing authority. The recommendation shall include all documentary evidence collected by the director in evaluating whether or not to make that recommendation. The recommendation and accompanying evidence shall be deemed in the nature of an investigative communication and be protected by Section 6254 of the Government Code. The licensing authority of the provider of health care shall review all evidence submitted by the director and may take action for further investigation or discipline of the licensee.(Added by renumbering Section 130205 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 28. (SB 857) Effective June 20, 2014. Superseded on January 1, 2023; see amendment by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1280.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1280.20.

1280.20.  Notwithstanding any other law, the director may send a recommendation for further investigation of, or discipline for, a potential violation of the licensee’s relevant licensing authority. The recommendation shall include all documentary evidence collected by the director in evaluating whether or not to make that recommendation. The recommendation and accompanying evidence shall be deemed in the nature of an investigative communication and be protected by the provisions listed in Section 7920.505 of the Government Code. The licensing authority of the provider of health care shall review all evidence submitted by the director and may take action for further investigation or discipline of the licensee.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 221. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1281 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1281.

1281.  All public and private general acute care hospitals either shall comply with the standards for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom, specified in Section 13823.11 of the Penal Code, and the protocol and guidelines therefor established pursuant to Section 13823.5 of the Penal Code, or they shall adopt a protocol for the immediate referral of these victims to a local hospital that so complies, and shall notify local law enforcement agencies, the district attorney, and local victim assistance agencies of the adoption of the referral protocol.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 714, Sec. 1. (AB 538) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1282 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1282.

1282.  (a) The state department shall have the authority to contract for outside personnel to perform inspections of health facilities as the need arises. The state department, when feasible, shall contract with nonprofit, professional organizations which have demonstrated the ability to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The organizations shall include, but not be limited to, the California Medical Association Committee on Medical Staff Surveys and participants in the Consolidated Hospital Survey Program. Quality of care inspections have been performed in recent years by the California Medical Association Committee on Staff Surveys and other organizations which have combined their efforts in the Consolidated Hospital Survey Program. It is the intent of the Legislature that these organizations or comparable organizations shall continue to perform these inspections by contract when sufficient manpower is available from the organizations to do so, unless the state department demonstrates that the inspections fail to assure compliance with the quality of care standards set by this chapter.(b)  If, pursuant to this section, the state department contracts with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals to perform all or any part of a quality of care inspection for a health facility specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, and if that health facility contracts with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals to perform an accreditation inspection and survey at the same time as the quality of care inspection, the health facility shall transmit to the state department, within 30 days of receipt, a copy of the final accreditation report of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. However, if the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals conducts an accreditation inspection and survey at a health facility at a time other than the time at which, pursuant to this section, it participates in a quality of care inspection at that facility, then the health facility shall not be required to transmit a copy of the final accreditation report to the state department. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 992, Sec. 3.)