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CA Health & Safety Code § 1268.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1268.5.

1268.5.  (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1268 requiring full compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations of the state department as a condition to the issuance of a license or special permit, the state department may issue a provisional license to a health facility except for a health facility defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1250, if: (1)  The facility and the applicant for licensure substantially meet the standards specified by this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. (2)  No violation of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter exists in the facility which jeopardizes the health or safety of patients. (3)  The applicant has adopted a plan for correction of any existing violations which is satisfactory to the state department. (b)  A provisional license issued under this section shall expire not later than six months after the date of issuance, or at an earlier time as determined by the state department at the time of issuance, and may not be renewed. At the end of the provisional license period under this section or Section 1437 the state department shall assess the facility’s full compliance with licensure requirements. The state department may extend a provisional license for a period of no longer than six months from the time of the extension for one of the following purposes: (1)  Requiring the facility’s full compliance with a plan of correction, which includes time frames, as specified by the state department. (2)  Allowing the provisional licensee to comply with Section 1336.2. (3)  Providing for a change of ownership. (4)  Instituting a receivership of the facility. The length of the extension period shall be determined by the state department at the time of the issuance of the extension.(c)  The department shall not apply less stringent criteria when issuing a provisional license pursuant to this section than it applies when issuing a license pursuant to Section 1268. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to additionally provide for continuity of reimbursement under the Medi-Cal Act, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, whenever ownership of a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility is transferred.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 811, Sec. 1.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1268.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1268.6.

1268.6.  (a) Commencing October 1, 2011, as a requirement of initial licensure of an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative or an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, the applicant or designee of the applicant shall attend a sixteen-hour orientation program approved by the State Department of Developmental Services.(b) The sixteen-hour orientation program shall contain both of the following:(1) Eight hours of the orientation program shall outline the role, requirements, and regulations of each of the following:(A) The scope of responsibility for operation including regulatory requirements and statutes governing the facility type.(B) Local planning.(C) Regional center and other community support services.(D) All federal and state agencies responsible for licensing and certification, and data collection.(E) Government and private agencies responsible for ensuring the rights of the developmentally disabled.(2) Eight hours of the orientation program shall outline the statutory and regulatory requirements related to business management. The program shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Cost reporting.(B) General accounting principles.(C) The State Department of Health Care Services’ audit process.(D) The regional center vendorization process.(c) The orientation shall be conducted by relevant community services and provider organizations. Organizations conducting the orientation class shall be responsible for keeping a record of all attendees and shall provide the department with the information within 15 working days or upon request. Instructors of the orientation shall have knowledge or experience in the subject area to be taught, and shall meet any of the following criteria:(1) Possession of a four-year college degree relevant to the course or courses to be taught.(2) Be a health professional with a valid and current license to practice in California.(3) Have at least two years experience in California as an administrator of a long-term health care facility that provides services to persons with developmental disabilities within the last eight years.(d) If the licensee can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the licensee, or a representative of the licensee, has taken the orientation program any year prior to opening a new facility, the licensee shall not be required to repeat the program to open the facility.(e) This section shall become operative on October 1, 2011.(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 473, Sec. 2. (AB 2675) Effective January 1, 2011. Section operative October 1, 2011, by its own provisions.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1269 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1269.

1269.  Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit for special services, the state department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 20 days after the state department mails the notice, the applicant may present his written petition for a hearing to the state department. Upon receipt by the state department of the petition in proper form, such petition shall be set for hearing. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the state department has all the powers granted therein.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1270 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1270.

1270.  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following institutions:(a)  Any facility conducted by and for the adherents of any well-recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend upon prayer or spiritual means for healing in the practice of the religion of that church or denomination. (b)  Hotels or other similar places that furnish only board and room, or either, to their guests. (c)  Any house or institution supplying board and room only, or room only, or board only; provided, that no resident thereof requires any element of medical care as determined by the department. For the purpose of this subdivision “medical care” means those services required to be provided by health professionals in accordance with the provisions of Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code. In addition, medical services means those services provided by health facilities as defined in Sections 1250, 1250.2, and 1250.3 which includes nursing care to patients whose primary need is for the availability of licensed nursing care on an extended, continuous, intermittent, or part-time basis.(d)  Any facility as defined in Section 1502. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1478, Sec. 14. Effective September 28, 1988.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1271 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1271.

1271.  (a)  The Legislature finds and declares that uniform orientation and training are fundamental to ensuring a high level of competency of state personnel charged with enforcing state law regulating the licensure, certification, and inspection of long-term health care facilities. (b)  The state department shall develop, adopt, and implement comprehensive continuing orientation and in-service training programs. The comprehensive programs shall, at a minimum, include, but not be limited to, both of the following: (1)  An orientation program consisting of instruction in basic enforcement, inspection, investigation, and survey skills and techniques, patients’ rights and safety, health facility, clinic, and agency licensing regulations, and supervised on-the-job training in long-term health care facilities. (2)  Ongoing in-service training to maintain continuing competency in existing and new inspection, investigation, and enforcement skills, patient care modalities, and to assure statewide uniform interpretation and application of long-term health care facility licensing regulations. (c)  The state department shall establish and maintain a program review function responsible for inspecting, monitoring, evaluating, and providing consultative support and assistance to licensing and certification field offices. The program review shall ensure that the licensing and certification field offices implement, enforce, and interpret applicable state statutes, licensing regulations, certification standards, and departmental policies and procedures in an effective and uniform manner statewide. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 11, Sec. 3. Effective March 6, 1985.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1271.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1271.15.

1271.15.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Section 1271.1, a health facility may do any of the following:(1) (A) It may place all or a portion of its licensed bed capacity in voluntary suspension for the purposes of using the facility to operate a licensed mental health rehabilitation center pursuant to Section 5675 of the Welfare and Institutions Code after submitting written notification to the State Department of Health Services and to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. During the period of voluntary suspense, the facility shall remain under the jurisdiction of the office. The office shall enforce both the mental health rehabilitation center requirements and the health facility requirements of the California Building Standards Code.(B) A mental health rehabilitation center operating under this paragraph may remove all or any portion of its voluntarily suspended bed capacity from voluntary suspension by submitting a request to the State Department of Health Services.(C) The department shall grant the request under subparagraph (B) to remove bed capacity from voluntary suspension and to reinstatement of the health facility bed capacity, unless the facility fails to meet currently applicable operational requirements for a health facility.(b) This section authorizes the voluntary suspension of bed capacity or surrender of a license by a health facility only for the purpose of converting the facility for use as a licensed mental health rehabilitation center pursuant to Section 5675 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 509, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1272 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2 - Administration|Section 1272.

1272.  (a) If a general acute care hospital or an acute psychiatric hospital submits a written application to the department’s centralized applications unit, the department shall do both of the following:(1) Complete its evaluation and approve or deny the application within 100 days of receiving it, including completing any activities pursuant to paragraph (2).(2) Once the written application is approved, the district office of the department shall, within 30 business days from the date of approval, complete any additional review, including an onsite visit, if applicable, and submit its findings to the department. If the hospital’s application is approved, the department shall add it to the hospital’s license and issue a new or revised license on the 31st business day following approval of the written application.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a general acute care hospital or an acute psychiatric hospital submits a written application to expand a service that it currently provides and that is currently approved by the department, the department shall, within 30 business days of receipt of the completed application, approve the expansion, add it to the hospital license, and issue a revised license, unless the hospital is out of compliance with existing laws governing the service to be expanded. A service approved pursuant to this subdivision shall remain licensed for not more than 18 months, unless the department approves the license for a longer period. The department shall not be required to conduct an onsite inspection of the service to approve the expansion. This subdivision does not preclude the department from conducting an onsite inspection of a hospital at any time or denying an application in accordance with this subdivision.(c) A general acute care hospital or an acute psychiatric hospital that receives a license to modify, add, or expand a service or program pursuant to this section shall comply with all laws related to that service or program.(d) The department shall develop a centralized applications advice program to assist hospitals in identifying and completing the correct paperwork and other requirements necessary to modify, add, or expand a service or program.(e) On or before December 31, 2019, the department shall develop an automated application system to process applications submitted pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 38, Sec. 13. (SB 78) Effective June 27, 2019.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1273 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2.5 - Health Care Advisory Committee|Section 1273.

1273.  Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall receive the current per diem, subsistence, and travel reimbursement paid to state managers, supervisors, and confidential employees for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 11, Sec. 4. Effective March 6, 1985.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1274 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 2.5 - Health Care Advisory Committee|Section 1274.

1274.  The committee shall meet on call of the director but no less than one time per year.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1351, Sec. 2.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1275.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1275.1.

1275.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing other health facilities, the regulations developed by the State Department of Health Care Services, or a predecessor, for psychiatric health facilities shall prevail. The regulations applying to psychiatric health facilities shall prescribe standards of adequacy, safety, and sanitation of the physical plant, of staffing with duly qualified licensed personnel, and of services based on the needs of the persons served thereby.(b) The regulations shall include standards appropriate for two levels of disorder:(1) Involuntary ambulatory psychiatric patients.(2) Voluntary ambulatory psychiatric patients.For purposes of this subdivision, “ambulatory patients” shall include, but not be limited to, deaf, blind, and physically handicapped persons. Disoriented persons who are not bedridden or confined to a wheelchair shall also be considered as ambulatory patients.(c) The regulations shall not require, but may permit building and services requirements for hospitals which are only applicable to physical health care needs of patients that can be met in an affiliated hospital or in outpatient settings including, but not limited to, such requirements as surgical, dietary, laboratory, laundry, central supply, radiologic, and pharmacy.(d) The regulations shall include provisions for an “open planning” architectural concept.(e) The regulations shall exempt from seismic requirements all structures of Type V and of one-story construction.(f) Standards for involuntary patients shall include provisions to allow for restraint and seclusion of patients. These standards shall provide for adequate safeguards for patient safety and protection of patient rights.(g) The regulations shall provide for the retention by the psychiatric health facility of a consultant pharmacist, who shall supervise and review pharmaceutical services within the facility and perform any other services, including prevention of the unlawful diversion of controlled substances subject to abuse, as the State Department of Health Care Services may by regulation require. Regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall take into consideration the varying bed sizes of psychiatric health facilities.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 23, Sec. 11. (AB 82) Effective June 27, 2013.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1275.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1275.2.

1275.2.  (a)  Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing other health facilities, the regulations adopted by the state department for chemical dependency recovery hospitals shall prevail. The regulations applying to chemical dependency recovery hospitals shall prescribe standards of adequacy, safety, and sanitation of the physical plant, of staffing with duly qualified personnel, and of services based on the needs of the persons served thereby.(b)  The regulations shall include provisions for an “open planning” architectural concept.(c)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 12.5, the regulations shall exempt from seismic requirements all freestanding structures of a chemical dependency recovery hospital. Chemical dependency recovery services provided as a supplemental service in general acute care beds or general acute psychiatric beds shall not be exempt from seismic requirements.(d)  Regulations shall be developed pursuant to this section and presented for adoption at a public hearing within 180 days of the effective date of this section.(e)  In order to assist in the rapid development of regulations for chemical dependency recovery hospitals, the director of the state department, not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, shall convene an advisory committee composed of two representatives of the State Department of Health Care Services, one representative of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, two persons with experience operating facilities with alcohol or medicinal drug dependency programs, and any other persons having a professional or personal nonfinancial interest in development of such regulations. The members of such advisory committee who are not state officers or employees shall pay their own expenses related to participation on the committee. The committee shall meet at the call of the director until such time as the proposed regulations are presented for adoption at public hearing.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 14. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 110 of Ch. 22.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1275.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1275.3.

1275.3.  (a) The State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Developmental Services shall jointly develop and implement licensing regulations appropriate for an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing and an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-continuous nursing.(b) The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall ensure that residents of an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing and an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-continuous nursing receive appropriate medical and nursing services, and developmental program services in a normalized, least restrictive physical and programmatic environment appropriate to individual resident need.In addition, the regulations shall do all of the following:(1) Include provisions for the completion of a clinical and developmental assessment of placement needs, including medical and other needs, and the degree to which they are being met, of clients placed in an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing and an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-continuous nursing and for the monitoring of these needs at regular intervals.(2) Provide for maximum utilization of generic community resources by clients residing in a facility.(3) Require the State Department of Developmental Services to review and approve an applicant’s facility program plan as a prerequisite to the licensing and certification process.(4) Require that the physician providing the certification that placement in the intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing or intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-continuous nursing is needed, consult with the physician who is the physician of record at the time the person’s proposed placement is being considered by the interdisciplinary team.(c) Regulations developed pursuant to this section shall include licensing fee schedules appropriate to facilities which will encourage their development.(d) Until the departments adopt regulations pursuant to this section relating to services by an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, the licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing shall comply with federal certification standards for intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, as specified in Sections 483.400 to 483.480, inclusive, of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, in effect immediately preceding January 1, 2018.(e) This section shall not supersede the authority of the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Sections 13113, 13113.5, 13143, and 13143.6 to the extent that these sections are applicable to community care facilities.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 34, Sec. 6. (AB 1810) Effective June 27, 2018.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1275.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 1275.4.

1275.4.  (a) On or before January 1, 2017, each skilled nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, shall adopt and implement an antimicrobial stewardship policy that is consistent with antimicrobial stewardship guidelines developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, or similar recognized professional organizations.(b) All skilled nursing facilities, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, shall comply with this section. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section may subject the facility to the enforcement actions set forth in Section 1423.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 764, Sec. 2. (SB 361) Effective October 10, 2015.)