California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 3.5 - Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers › Article 3 - License › Section 783.18 - Program Flexibility and Monitoring

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All mental health rehabilitation centers shall maintain
					 compliance with the licensing requirements. These requirements do not prohibit the
					 use of alternate concepts, methods, procedures, techniques, equipment, personnel
					 qualifications or the conducting of pilot projects, provided such exceptions are
					 carried out with provision for safe and adequate care and with the prior written
					 approval of the Department. Such approval shall provide for the terms and conditions
					 under which the exception is granted. A written request and substantiating
					 information and documents supporting the request shall be submitted by the applicant
					 or licensee to the Department.
(a) Any
				  approval of the Department granted under this section, or a true copy thereof, shall
				  be posted immediately adjacent to the center's license.
(b) The local mental health director shall monitor
				  each mental health rehabilitation center providing a program based on a plan of
				  operation, as specified in Section
				  783.13, and approved by the local mental
				  health director and the Department, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code,
				  Section
				  5768(e)(2).
1. New section
					 filed 8-21-95 as an emergency; operative 8-21-95 (Register 95, No. 34). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-17-95 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2.
					 New section refiled 2-9-96 as an emergency; operative 2-9-96 (Register 96, No. 6). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-8-96 or emergency language
					 will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section
					 refiled 6-10-96 as an emergency; operative 6-10-96 (Register 96, No. 24). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-8-96 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4.
					 New section refiled 10-8-96 as an emergency; operative 10-8-96 (Register 96, No.
					 41). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-5-97 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5.
					 Certificate of Compliance as to 10-8-96 order transmitted to OAL 2-5-97; disapproved
					 by OAL and order of repeal as to 10-8-96 order filed on 3-21-97 (Register 97, No.
					 12).
6. New section filed 3-21-97 as an emergency; operative 3-21-97
					 (Register 97, No. 12). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
					 7-21-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-21-97 order, including
					 amendment of subsection (b), transmitted to OAL 7-21-97 and filed 8-21-97 (Register
					 97, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						5675
						and
						5768,
						Welfare and Institutions Code; Section
						3 of Chapter 678 of the Statutes of
						1994. Reference: Sections
						5675
						and
						5768,
						Welfare and Institutions Code.