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California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 56 - Annual Fee for Metal Shredding Facilities › Article 1 › Section 69600.2 - Definitions

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(a) "Metal
				  Shredding Facility" has the same meaning as defined subsection (b) of section
				  25150.82 of chapter 6.5 of
				  division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(b) "Projected Annual Fee" means the
				  Department's estimate of the annual fee for each metal shredding facility based
				  on its estimate of the reasonable and necessary costs for each calendar year to
				  implement sections
				  25150.82 and
				  25150.84 of chapter 6.5 of
				  division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code.
1. New
					 section filed 6-9-2016 as an emergency; operative 6-9-2016 (Register 2016, No.
					 24). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
					 25150.84,
					 this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or
					 until revised by the department, whichever occurs
					 sooner.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25150.82
						and
						25150.84,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						25150.82(a),
						25150.82(b),
						25150.82(c),
						25150.82(d),
						25150.84(a)
						and
						25150.84(b),
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 56 - Annual Fee for Metal Shredding Facilities › Article 1 › Section 69600.3 - Applicability

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(a) The annual fee
				  requirements apply to metal shredding facilities that meet all the requirements
				  set forth below:
(1) are located within the
				  state of California,
(2) are
				  operating using one of the following authorities or classifications that allow
				  lawful metal shredding operations:
(A) A
				  notification issued by the Department in accordance with section
				  66260.200(f) of
				  title 22 of the California Code of Regulations that otherwise hazardous waste
				  may be classified and managed as nonhazardous. Successor entities to metal
				  shredding facilities that received the notification are included in this
				  section;
(B) An order issued or
				  entered into by the Department under chapter 6.5 of division 20 of the Health
				  and Safety Code that authorizes a metal shredding facility to continue
				  operations pursuant to specified management and operating conditions;
(C) A judgment issued by a court with
				  jurisdiction in a matter to which the Department and at least one metal
				  shredding facility are parties that authorizes operations pursuant to specified
				  management and operating conditions; or
(D) A permit issued by the Department under
				  chapter 6.5 of division 20 of the Health and Safety Code that authorizes metal
				  shredding operations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 56 - Annual Fee for Metal Shredding Facilities › Article 1 › Section 69600.4 - Assessment of the Annual Fee

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(a) The Department shall assess an annual fee
				  on each metal shredding facility in an amount sufficient to reimburse the
				  Department's annual costs.
(b) The
				  Department's annual costs shall include costs incurred to conduct the following
				  activities:
(1) Development and
				  administration of the Annual Fee;
(2) Environmental Analysis and
				  Evaluation;
(3) Assessment of
				  Off-site Migration;
(4) Stakeholder
				  Workshops and other outreach activities;
(5) Regulation Development and Adoption;
				  and
(6) Laboratory
				  Support.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 56 - Annual Fee for Metal Shredding Facilities › Article 1 › Section 69600.5 - Administration of the Annual Fee

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(a) The Department shall invoice each metal
				  shredding facility for the annual fee for calendar year 2015 no later than July
				  1, 2016.
(b) The Department shall
				  invoice each metal shredding facility for the annual fee for calendar year 2016
				  no later than February 1, 2017.
(c)
				  The Department shall invoice each metal shredding facility for the annual fee
				  for calendar year 2017 no later than February 1, 2018.
(d) The annual fee shall be due and payable
				  to the Department sixty (60) calendar days after the facility is
				  invoiced.
(e) A transfer of
				  ownership or operation of assets of a metal shredding facility during a
				  calendar year shall not cause an additional annual fee to be assessed if the
				  fee for the same calendar year has been paid by the previous owner or
				  operator.
1. New
					 section filed 6-9-2016 as an emergency; operative 6-9-2016 (Register 2016, No.
					 24). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
					 25150.84,
					 this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or
					 until revised by the department, whichever occurs
					 sooner.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25150.82
						and
						25150.84,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						25150.84(a),
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 56 - Annual Fee for Metal Shredding Facilities › Article 1 › Section 69600.6 - Administration of Late Fees

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(a)
				  A late fee of ten percent (10%) shall be assessed on any payment that is not
				  received as postmarked by due date, or on such later date as notified by the
				  Department.
(b) Beginning on the
				  first day of the calendar month following the due date, simple interest shall
				  accrue monthly on any unpaid fee or portion thereof at the "modified adjusted
				  rate per month, or fraction thereof" as established by the State Board of
				  Equalization pursuant to section
				  6591.5
				  of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and shall continue to accrue until the fee is
				  paid in full.
(c) The late fee or
				  interest assessed pursuant to this section may be waived if the Department
				  determines that the failure to make a timely payment was due to reasonable
				  cause and circumstances beyond the person's control, and occurred
				  notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful
				  neglect. Mere disagreement with the fee assessment shall not be deemed
				  reasonable cause. A person seeking to be relieved of late fees or interest
				  shall submit a written statement to the Department, signed under penalty of
				  perjury, setting forth the facts upon which he or she bases the claim for
				  relief.
(d) If the Department
				  provides a refund because of an erroneous billing, the refund shall be subject
				  to simple interest at the "modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction
				  thereof" as established by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to section
				  6591.5
				  of the Revenue and Taxation Code. Except, no refund shall be given and no
				  interest shall accrue where the erroneous billing was due to incorrect
				  information provided by the person seeking the refund.
1. New
					 section filed 6-9-2016 as an emergency; operative 6-9-2016 (Register 2016, No.
					 24). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
					 25150.84,
					 this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or
					 until revised by the department, whichever occurs
					 sooner.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25150.82
						and
						25150.84,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						25150.84(a),
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 56 - Annual Fee for Metal Shredding Facilities › Article 1 › Section 69600.7 - Dispute Resolution

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(a)
				  No refund shall be granted for any fees erroneously collected unless the person
				  who seeks the refund submits written notification of the error to the
				  Department within one year of the date the person is notified of the fee
				  assessment.
(b) A person may
				  dispute the assessment of the annual fee by submitting a petition to the
				  Department director. The person must submit the petition in writing within one
				  year of the date the person is notified of the fee assessment. The petition
				  must state the specific grounds upon which it is founded. If requested, the
				  Department shall hold a conference with the party and provide all reasonable
				  information and an explanation of the charges assessed. If the matter cannot be
				  resolved informally, the director shall designate a hearing officer to decide
				  the petition. The hearing officer shall be in neither a subordinate nor a
				  supervisory or managerial position to any staff involved in making the initial
				  determination of the fee assessment. A hearing shall be conducted in person, by
				  telephone, or by video conference at which all relevant evidence will be
				  admissible. The hearing officer shall prepare a written final decision to
				  approve or deny the petition.
1. New
					 section filed 6-9-2016 as an emergency; operative 6-9-2016 (Register 2016, No.
					 24). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
					 25150.84,
					 this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or
					 until revised by the department, whichever occurs
					 sooner.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25150.82
						and
						25150.84,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						25150.84(a),
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70001 - Meaning of Words

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Words shall have their usual meaning unless the context or
					 a definition clearly indicates a different meaning. Words used in the present
					 tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural
					 number; words in the plural number include the singular number; and words in
					 the masculine include the feminine. Shall means mandatory. May means
					 permissive. Should means suggested or recommended.
1. New
					 Division 5 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Sections
					 70001-74515, not consecutive))
					 filed 6-13-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
					 24).
2. Change without regulatory effect of Division 5 heading filed
					 7-16-87; operative 7-16-87 (Register 87, No.
					 30).
Note: Authority cited for Division 5: Sections
						208,
						1255,
						1266,
						1402,
						1426,
						38254
						and
						38255,
						Health and Safety Code; Sections
						7354,
						14105
						and
						14124.5,
						Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections
						1222,
						1229,
						1250,
						1251,
						1251.5,
						1252,
						1253,
						1254,
						1255,
						1256,
						1257,
						1265,
						1265.5,
						1265.7,
						1265.8,
						1266,
						1267,
						1268,
						1269,
						1270,
						1275,
						1276,
						1277,
						1278,
						1279,
						1280,
						1282,
						1294,
						1295,
						1296,
						1297,
						1298,
						1300,
						1315,
						1316,
						1317,
						1318,
						1400,
						1401,
						1402,
						1403,
						1404,
						1405,
						1410,
						1411,
						1412,
						1417.1,
						1418,
						1419,
						1420,
						1421,
						1422,
						1423,
						1424,
						1425,
						1426,
						1427,
						1428,
						1429,
						1430,
						1431,
						1432,
						1437,
						1439,
						1729,
						1734,
						38254,
						and
						38255,
						Health and Safety Code; Sections
						7354,
						14105
						and
						14124.5,
						Welfare and Institutions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70003 - Hospital

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Hospital means a general acute care
					 hospital.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70005 - General Acute Care Hospital

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(a) General acute care hospital means a
				  hospital, licensed by the Department, having a duly constituted governing body
				  with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized
				  medical staff which provides 24-hour inpatient care, including the following
				  basic services: medical, nursing, surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, radiology,
				  pharmacy, and dietary services.
(b)
				  A general acute care hospital shall not include separate buildings which are
				  used exclusively to house personnel or provide activities not related to
				  hospital patients.
1. Change
					 without regulatory effect pursuant to section
					 100(b)(3), Title
					 1, California Code of Regulations, repealing subsection (c), filed 4-2-90
					 (Register 90, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1250.1(a),
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						1250(a),
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70006 - Acute Psychiatric Care Bed Classification

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Acute psychiatric care bed classification means beds
					 designated for acute psychiatric, developmentally disabled or drug abuse
					 patients receiving 24-hour medical care.
1. New
					 section filed 10-5-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 41).
2. Amendment filed 11-12-76 as an emergency; effective upon
					 filing (Register 76, No. 46).
3. Certificate of Compliance as to
					 filing of 10-5-76 filed 1-31-77 (Register 77, No. 6).
4. Certificate
					 of Compliance as to filing of 11-12-76 filed 3-8-77 (Register 77, No.
					 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208
						and
						1250.1,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70007 - Alteration

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Alteration means any change in the construction or
					 configuration other than maintenance in an existing building and which does not
					 increase the floor or roof area or the volume of enclosed
					 space.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70009 - Autoclaving

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Autoclaving means the process of sterilization by steam
					 under pressure.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70011 - Basic Services

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Basic services means those essential services required by
					 law for licensure as a hospital including medical, nursing, surgical,
					 anesthesia, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy and dietary
					 services.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70012 - Certificate of Exemption

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Certificate of Exemption means a document containing
					 Department approval for the exemption of a specified project from Certificate
					 of Need review.
1. New
					 section filed 11-12-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 46).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 3-8-77 (Register 77, No.
					 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208,
						1250,
						1250.1,
						1251,
						1255,
						and
						1268,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70012.1 - Certificate of Need

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Certificate of need means a document containing Department
					 approval for a specified project.
1. New
					 section filed 11-12-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 46).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 3-8-77 (Register 77, No.
					 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208,
						1250,
						1250.1,
						1251,
						1255,
						and
						1268,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70013 - Child. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
					 filed 11-12-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 46).
2. New section filed 12-3-76 as an emergency; effective upon
					 filing (Register 76, No. 49).
3. Certificate of Compliance filed
					 3-8-77 as to filing of 11-12-76 (Register 77, No. 11).
4.
					 Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to emergency amendment filed
					 12-3-76, by operation of Section
					 11422.1(b),
					 Government Code (Register 77, No. 22).
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70015 - Cleaning

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Cleaning means the process employed to free a surface from
					 dirt or other extraneous material.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70016 - Competency Validation for Patient Care Personnel Other than Registered Nurses

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Competency validation for patient care personnel other than
					 registered nurses is a determination based on an individual's satisfactory
					 performance of each specific element of his/her job description, and of the
					 specific requirements for the patient care unit in which he or she is
					 employed.
1. New
					 section filed 11-26-96; operative 12-26-96 (Register 96, No.
					 48).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						100275(a)
						and
						1275,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						1276,
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70016.1 - Competency Validation for Registered Nurses

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(a) Competency validation for registered
				  nurses is a determination based on the satisfactory performance of:
(1) The statutorily recognized duties and
				  responsibilities of the registered nurse, as set forth in Business and
				  Professions Code Section
				  2725,
				  et seq., and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(2) The standards required under Section
				  70213(c) which
				  are specific to each patient care unit.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70017 - Conservator

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Conservator means a person appointed by the court to take
					 care of the person, the property, or both, of a conservatee under Section
					 5350, et seq., of the Welfare and
					 Institutions Code, or under Section
					 1701, et seq., of the Probate
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70018 - Critical Burn

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(a)
				  Critical burn means any one or more of the following types of burns:
(1) Second degree burns exceeding 30 percent
				  of the body surface.
(2) Third
				  degree burns of the face, hands, feet and/or genitals.
(3) Third degree burns exceeding 10 percent
				  of the body surface.
(4) Burns
				  complicated by respiratory tract injury, major soft tissue injury or
				  fractures.
(5) Electrical
				  burns.
(6) Any combination of
				  second and third degree burns which in the aggregate poses a medical problem
				  equivalent in seriousness to (1) through (5).
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70019 - Defined

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Defined means defined in writing.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70021 - Department

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Department means the State Department of Health
					 Services.
1. Amendment
					 filed 6-30-78 as an emergency; designated effective at 11:59 p.m. on 6-30-78
					 (Register 78, No. 26).
2. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to
					 OAH 10-27-78; filed 10-31-78 (Register 78, No. 44).
3. Editorial
					 correction of NOTE (Register 97, No. 50).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208,
						1255,
						1266,
						1275,
						1402
						and
						1426,
						Health and Safety Code; Sections
						7354,
						14105
						and
						14124.5,
						Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections
						1222,
						1229,
						1250,
						1251,
						1251.5,
						1252,
						1253,
						1254-
						1257,
						1265,
						1265.5,
						1265.7-
						1265.8,
						1266-
						1270,
						1275-
						1280,
						1282,
						1294-
						1298,
						1300,
						1315-
						1318,
						1400-
						1405,
						1410-
						1412,
						1417.1,
						1418-
						1432,
						1437,
						1439,
						1729,
						1734,
						38254
						and
						38255,
						Health and Safety Code; Sections
						7354,
						14105
						and
						14124.5,
						Welfare and Institutions Code. Specific reference: Chapter 1252, Statutes of
						1977.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70023 - Director

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Director means the Director of the State Department of
					 Health Services.
1. Amendment
					 filed 11-12-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 46).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 3-8-77 (Register 77, No.
					 11).
3. Amendment filed 6-30-78 as an emergency; designated
					 effective at 11:59 p.m. on 6-30-78 (Register 78, No. 26).
4.
					 Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAH 10-27-78; filed 10-31-78 (Register
					 78, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208,
						1255,
						1266,
						1275,
						1402
						and
						1426,
						Health and Safety Code; Sections
						7354,
						14105
						and
						14124.5,
						Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections
						1222,
						1229,
						1250,
						1251,
						1251.5,
						1252-
						1257,
						1265,
						1265.5,
						1265.7,
						1265.8,
						1266-
						1270,
						1275-
						1280,
						1282,
						1294-
						1298,
						1300,
						1315-
						1318,
						1400-
						1405,
						1410-
						1412,
						1417.1,
						1418-
						1432,
						1437,
						1439,
						1729,
						1734,
						38254
						and
						38255,
						Health and Safety Code; Sections
						7354,
						14105
						and
						14124.5,
						Welfare and Institutions Code. Specific reference: Chapter 1252, Statutes of
						1977.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70025 - Disinfection

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Disinfection means the process employed to destroy harmful
					 microorganisms, but ordinarily not viruses and bacterial
					 spores.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70027 - Distinct Part

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Distinct part means an identifiable unit accommodating beds
					 and related facilities including, but not limited to, contiguous rooms, a wing,
					 floor or building that is approved by the Department for a specific
					 purpose.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70029 - Drug Administration

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Drug administration means the act in which a single dose of
					 a prescribed drug or biological is given to a patient by an authorized person
					 in accordance with all laws and regulations governing such acts. The complete
					 act of administration entails removing an individual dose from a previously
					 dispensed properly labeled container, including a unit dose container,
					 verifying the dose with the prescriber's orders, giving the individual dose to
					 the proper patient and promptly recording the time and dose
					 given.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70031 - Drug Dispensing

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Drug dispensing means the act entailing the interpretation
					 of an order for a drug or biological and, pursuant to that order, the proper
					 selection, measuring, packaging, labeling and issuance of the drug or
					 biological for a patient or for a service unit of the
					 hospital.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70033 - Existing Hospital Building

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Existing hospital building means an extant structure
					 intended for proper hospital use. This excludes physician offices contiguous
					 with the hospital and independent of the hospital as far as
					 ownership.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70034 - General Acute Care Bed Classification

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(a) "General acute care bed classification"
				  means beds designated for burn, coronary, intensive care, medical-surgical,
				  pediatric, perinatal, rehabilitation, acute respiratory or tuberculosis
				  patients receiving 24-hour medical care.
(b) Specialized care with respect to special
				  hospitals shall be considered to be general acute care.
1. New
					 section filed 10-5-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 41).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 1-31-77 (Register 77, No.
					 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208
						and
						1250.1,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70035 - Governing Body

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Governing body means the person, persons, board of
					 trustees, directors or other body in whom the final authority and
					 responsibility is vested for conduct of the hospital.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70037 - Guardian

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Guardian means a person appointed by the court to take care
					 of the person or the property, or both, of a ward under Section
					 1400 et seq., of the Probate
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70037.1 - Human Reproductive Sterilization

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(a) Human reproductive sterilization means
				  any medical treatment, procedure or operation, for the purpose of rendering an
				  individual permanently incapable of reproducing.
(b) In this section and in Sections
				  70707.1 through
				  70707.8 and
				  70736, "sterilization" means human
				  reproductive sterilization.
1. New
					 section filed 5-27-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No.
					 22).
2. Amendment filed 4-17-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter
					 (Register 81, No. 16).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208,
						1275,
						1276,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						1250 et seq., Health and Safety
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70038 - Intermediate Care Bed Classification

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"Intermediate care bed classification" means beds
					 designated for patients requiring skilled nursing and supportive care on less
					 than a continuous basis.
1. New
					 section filed 10-5-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 41).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 1-31-77 (Register 77, No.
					 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208
						and
						1250.1,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70041 - License

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License means the basic document issued by the Department
					 permitting the operation of a hospital. This document constitutes the authority
					 to receive patients and to perform the services included within the scope of
					 these regulations and as specified on the hospital license.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70042 - License Category

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(a)
				  License category means any of the following categories:
(1) General acute care hospital.
(2) Acute psychiatric hospital.
(3) Skilled nursing facility.
(4) Intermediate care
				  facility.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70043 - Licensee

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Licensee means the person, persons, firm, business trust,
					 partnership, association, corporation, political subdivision of the State or
					 other governmental agency within the State to whom a license has been
					 issued.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70045 - Maintenance

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Maintenance means the upkeep of a building and equipment to
					 preserve the original functional and operational state.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70046 - Modernization. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
					 filed 5-25-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No.
					 22).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208,
						1250,
						1250.1,
						1251,
						1255,
						and
						1268,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70047 - New Construction

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(a)
				  New construction means any of the following:
(1) New buildings.
(2) Additions to existing
				  buildings.
(3) Conversions of
				  existing buildings or portions thereof not currently licensed as a
				  hospital.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70048 - New Special Service

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(a) New
				  special service means any special service identified in Section
				  70351 of this Chapter which is
				  either offered or is intended to be offered and which was not approved by the
				  Department prior to September 9, 1976. Approval of the Department is inferred
				  if one of the following conditions exist:
(1)
				  The special service in question has been evaluated by the Department subsequent
				  to July 13, 1975 and prior to September 9, 1976 and was found to be in
				  compliance with all regulations regarding the service.
(2) The special service in question was being
				  provided prior to July 13, 1975, has been provided continuously since that
				  date, and has not been inspected and evaluated by the Department for the
				  quality of the service provided. Departmental approval in this case can be
				  inferred only until such time as the service is evaluated by the
				  Department.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70049 - Nursing Unit

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Nursing unit means a designated patient-care area of the
					 hospital which is planned, organized, operated and maintained to function as a
					 unit. It includes patient rooms with adequate support facilities, services and
					 personnel providing nursing care and necessary management of
					 patients.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70051 - Outpatient Service

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An outpatient service means an organizational unit of the
					 hospital which provides nonemergency health care services to
					 patients.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70053 - Patient

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(a) Patient means a
				  person who is receiving diagnostic, therapeutic or preventive health services
				  or who is under observation or treatment for illness or injury or care during
				  and after pregnancy.
(1) An inpatient means a
				  person who has been formally admitted for observation, diagnosis or treatment
				  and who is expected to remain overnight or longer.
(2) An outpatient means a person who has been
				  registered or accepted for care but not formally admitted as an inpatient and
				  who does not remain over 24 hours.
(3) Ambulatory patient means a patient who is
				  capable of demonstrating the mental competence and physical ability to leave a
				  building under emergency conditions without assistance or supervision of any
				  person.
(4) Nonambulatory patient
				  means a patient who is unable to leave a building unassisted under emergency
				  conditions. It includes, but is not limited to, those persons who depend upon
				  mechanical aids such as crutches, walkers or wheelchairs, profoundly or
				  severely mentally retarded persons and shall include blind and totally deaf
				  persons.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70053.1 - Patient Care Personnel

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Patient care personnel means hospital personnel, licensed
					 and unlicensed, who provide nursing care to patients, including any unlicensed
					 personnel who assist with simple nursing procedures.
1. New
					 section filed 11-26-96; operative 12-26-96 (Register 96, No.
					 48).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						100275(a)
						and
						1275,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						1276,
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70053.2 - Patient Classification System

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(a) Patient classification system means a
				  method for establishing staffing requirements by unit, patient, and shift that
				  includes:
(1) A method to predict nursing
				  care requirements of individual patients.
(2) An established method by which the amount
				  of nursing care needed for each category of patient is validated for each unit
				  and for each shift.
(3) An
				  established method to discern trends and patterns of nursing care delivery by
				  each unit, each shift, and each level of licensed and unlicensed
				  staff.
(4) A mechanism by which the
				  accuracy of the nursing care validation method described in (a)(2) above can be
				  tested. This method will address the amount of nursing care needed, by patient
				  category and pattern of care delivery, on an annual basis, or more frequently,
				  if warranted by the changes in patient populations, skill mix of the staff, or
				  patient care delivery model.
(5) A
				  method to determine staff resource allocations based on nursing care
				  requirements for each shift and each unit.
(6) A method by which the hospital validates
				  the reliability of the patient classification system for each unit and for each
				  shift.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70054 - Permanently Converted

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Permanently converted means space which is not available
					 for patient accommodation because the facility has converted the patient
					 accommodation space to some other use and such space could not be reconverted
					 to patient accommodation within 24 hours.
1. New
					 section filed 11-12-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 46).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 3-8-77 (Register 77, No.
					 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208,
						1250,
						1250.1,
						1251,
						1255,
						and
						1268,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70057 - Principal Officer

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Principal officer means the officer designated by an
					 organization who has legal authority and responsibility to act for and in
					 behalf of that organization.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70058 - Registered Domestic Partner

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Registered domestic partner shall have the same meaning as
					 defined in Family Code Sections
					 297 and
					 297.5.
1. Change
					 without regulatory effect adopting section filed 6-23-2011 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2011, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1275
						and
						131200,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						297 and
						297.5, Family
						Code; and Sections
						1276,
						131050,
						131051
						and
						131052,
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70059 - Restraint

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Restraint means controlling a patient's physical activity
					 in order to protect the patient or others from injury by seclusion or
					 mechanical devices.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70059.1 - Rural Area

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For the purposes of Health and Safety Code, Section
					 1250.8(b)(4)(A),
					 "rural area" means any area which is located more than 30 miles or 30 minutes
					 driving distance from the city hall for any metropolitan area with a population
					 of 150,000 or more.
1. New
					 section filed 11-16-95 as an emergency; operative 11-16-95 (Register 95, No.
					 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-15-96 or
					 emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-16-95 order, including
					 amendment of section and NOTE, transmitted to OAL 3-15-96 and filed 4-12-96
					 (Register 96, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						100275(a)
						and
						1275,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						1250.8,
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 70060 - Skilled Nursing Care Bed Classification

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"Skilled nursing care bed classification" means beds
					 designated for patients requiring skilled nursing care on a continuous and
					 extended basis.
1. New
					 section filed 10-5-76 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 76, No.
					 41).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 1-31-77 (Register 77, No.
					 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						208
						and
						1250.1,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Chapter 854, Statutes of
						1976.