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• § 1596.809 — (a) A prospective applicant for licensure shall be notified at the time of the initial request for information regarding application for licensure that, prior to obtaining licensure, the facility shal
• § 1596.81 — (a) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 1596.813 — The department shall adopt regulations regarding immunization requirements for children enrolled in family day care homes in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 120325) of Part 2 of Div
• § 1596.814 — (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The swimming po
• § 1596.815 — The department shall, on or before December 31, 1991, review all child care regulations of the department with respect to clarifying or eliminating vagueness and shall issue revised regulations if nec
• § 1596.816 — (a) The Community Care Licensing Division of the department shall regulate child care licensees through an organizational unit that is separate from that used to regulate all other licensing programs.
• § 1596.817 — (a) When the department conducts a site visit of a licensed child day care facility, the department shall post on, or immediately adjacent to, the interior side of the main door into the facility and
• § 1596.818 — (a) The department shall specify in its licensing report all violations that, if not corrected, will have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
• § 1596.819 — (a) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the department shall post licensing information on its Internet Web site as follows: (1) For each child day care facility as defined in Section 1596.
• § 1596.82 — The department may contract for state, county, or other public agencies to assume specified licensing, approval, or consultation responsibilities.
• § 1596.83 — An applicant or licensee shall file his or her mailing address, in writing, with the department and, shall notify the department, in writing, of any change within 10 calendar days.
• § 1596.84 — The department may issue provisional licenses to operate day care facilities which the director determines are in substantial compliance with the provisions of the licensure requirements and the rules
• § 1596.841 — Each child day care facility shall maintain a current roster of children who are provided care in the facility.
• § 1596.842 — Following approval by the department of a list of provider rights, the Community Care Licensing Division shall print and distribute in person, to individuals or to groups, and by other appropriate met
• § 1596.843 — (a) Whenever a facility visit and a complaint investigation are conducted at the same time by the department, a separate licensing report shall be used to document the complaint investigation.
• § 1596.844 — The department shall acknowledge in writing within 10 days of receipt, the request of a licensee to review notices of deficiency or penalty, or both.
• § 1596.845 — Prior to the issuance of a new license or special permit pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 3.
• § 1596.846 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The American Academy of Pediatrics, after reviewing the data from all the studies, concluded that baby walkers are dangerous and should
• § 1596.847 — (a) A child day care facility shall not use or have on the premises, on or after July 1, 1998, a full-size or non-full-size crib that is unsafe for any infant using the crib, as described in Article 1
• § 1596.85 — No license or special permit issued pursuant to Chapters 3.
• § 1596.851 — (a) (1) If an application for a license or special permit indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the applicant previously was issued a license under this a
• § 1596.852 — Any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter and inspect any place providing personal care, supervision, and services at any
• § 1596.853 — (a) Any person may request an inspection of any child daycare facility in accordance with the California Child Day Care Facilities Act by transmitting to the department notice of an alleged violation
• § 1596.8535 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall conduct any authorized inspection, announced site visit, or unannounced site visit of any child daycare facility only during the pe
• § 1596.854 — The withdrawal of an application for a license or a special permit after it has been filed with the department shall not, unless the department consents in writing to the withdrawal, deprive the depar
• § 1596.855 — (a) Upon attendance at an orientation meeting, as described in Section 1596.
• § 1596.8555 — A licensed child day care facility shall post its license in a prominent, publicly accessible location in the facility.
• § 1596.856 — If the department finds that the applicant is not in compliance with this act or the regulations promulgated under this act, the department shall deny the applicant a license.
• § 1596.857 — (a) Upon presentation of identification, the responsible parent or guardian of a child receiving services in a child day care facility has the right to enter and inspect the facility without advance n
• § 1596.858 — A license shall be forfeited by operation of law prior to its expiration date when any one of the following occurs: (a) The licensee sells or otherwise transfers the facility or facility property, exc
• § 1596.859 — (a) (1) Each licensed child daycare facility shall make accessible to the public a copy of any licensing report or other public licensing document pertaining to the facility that documents a facility
• § 1596.8595 — (a) (1) Each licensed child day care facility shall post a copy of any licensing report pertaining to the facility that documents either a facility inspection or a complaint investigation that results
• § 1596.86 — (a) The director shall annually publish and make available to interested persons a list or lists covering all licensed child daycare facilities, other than small family daycare homes, and the services
• § 1596.861 — (a) Each child day care facility licensed under this chapter, Chapter 3.
• § 1596.862 — (a) The department may approve or deny a written request for enrollment or retention of a nonminor student at a schoolage child care center.
• § 1596.865 — It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage any person who provides child care in a child day care facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 3.
• § 1596.866 — (a) (1) In addition to other required training, at least one director or teacher at each day care center, and each family day care home licensee who provides care, shall have at least 15 hours of heal
• § 1596.8661 — (a) For purposes of the training required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.
• § 1596.8662 — (a) The department shall do all of the following: (1) Make information available to all licensed child day care providers, administrators, and employees of licensed child day care facilities regarding
• § 1596.867 — (a) All child day care facilities, as defined in Section 1596.
• § 1596.869 — Directors of combination child day care facilities shall be included in the teacher-child ratio during periods when they are actively supervising children and on the same basis that any other director
• § 1596.87 — (a) The department shall institute a staff development and training program within the organizational structure to develop among staff the knowledge, understanding of children and childcare, and regul
• § 1596.871 — The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and accurate positive fingerprint identification of applicants as a condition of issuing licenses, permits, or certificates of approval for perso
• § 1596.8712 — (a) (1) Whenever an individual is excluded by the department from a licensed family day care home, the department shall prepare and provide to the licensed family day care home from which the individu
• § 1596.8713 — (a) The Department of Justice may charge a fee sufficient to cover its costs in providing services in accordance with Section 1596.
• § 1596.8714 — On or before March 1, 2000, the State Department of Social Services shall convene a workgroup to review current criminal background check requirements and processes for screening care providers.
• § 1596.8715 — If a licensee or facility is required by law to deny employment or to terminate employment of any employee based on written notification from the state department that the employee has a prior crimina
• § 1596.8716 — (a) For licensing purposes, employees of a childcare and development program operated by a school district, county office of education, or community college under contract with the department pursuant
• § 1596.872a — (a) The department may establish a child care advocate program.
• § 1596.872b — (a) The department may establish a child care advocate program.
• § 1596.873 — The Early Childhood Policy Council established pursuant to Section 10320 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall perform all of the following functions with regard to this act: (a) Assist the depar
• § 1596.874 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall furnish each licensed child day care facility with a notice that shall be posted at the facility where it can be easily seen by employees and consumer
• § 1596.875 — To assure compliance with this act, the department shall: (a) Conduct ongoing in-service programs for licensing staff in cooperation with other public entities and local associations.
• § 1596.876 — In any case in which a child day care facility releases a minor to a peace officer pursuant to Section 305 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the official in charge of that facility shall provide t
• § 1596.877 — (a) Prior to granting a license to, or otherwise approving, any family day care home, the department shall check the child abuse and neglect complaint records of the child protective services agency o
• § 1596.878 — The department shall establish, administer, and monitor programs which license child day care facilities consistent with the provisions of this act.
• § 1596.879 — Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit, the department shall notify the applicant in writing.
• § 1596.880 — For the purposes of this article: (a) “Employee” means employee of a licensee or employee of the agent of a licensee subject to this act.
• § 1596.881 — No employer shall discharge, demote, or suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote, or suspend, or in any manner discriminate against any employee who takes any of the following actions: (a) Makes any
• § 1596.882 — (a) A claim by the employee alleging the violation by the employer of Section 1596.
• § 1596.883 — Any employer who willfully refuses to rehire, promote, or otherwise restore an employee or former employee who has been determined to be eligible for the rehiring or promotion by a grievance procedure
• § 1596.885 — The department may deny an application for or suspend or revoke any license, registration, or special permit issued under this act upon any of the following grounds and in the manner provided in this
• § 1596.886 — The director may temporarily suspend any license, registration, or special permit prior to any hearing when, in the opinion of the director, the action is necessary to protect any child of a child day
• § 1596.8865 — (a) When a local child protective agency, as defined in Section 11165 of the Penal Code, has a reasonable suspicion, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 11166 of the Penal Code, that the death or
• § 1596.8866 — The State Department of Social Services shall reopen an investigation into a licensed child day care facility when any person provides the department with a certified copy of a court record in which a
• § 1596.8867 — (a) The department shall conduct an unannounced visit to a facility within 30 days after the effective date of a temporary suspension of a license, in order to ensure that the facility is nonoperation
• § 1596.887 — (a) Proceedings for the suspension, revocation, or denial of a license, registration, or special permit under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1150
• § 1596.8871 — (a) The administrative law judge conducting a hearing under this article may permit the testimony of a child witness, or a similarly vulnerable witness, including a witness who is developmentally disa
• § 1596.8872 — (a) (1) An out-of-court statement made by a minor under 12 years of age who is the subject or victim of an allegation at issue is admissible evidence at an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to
• § 1596.8875 — In addition to the witness fees and mileage provided by Section 11450.
• § 1596.888 — Any license, registration, or special permit suspended pursuant to this chapter, and any special permit revoked pursuant to this chapter, may be reinstated pursuant to Section 11522 of the Government
• § 1596.889 — In all proceedings conducted in accordance with Section 1596.
• § 1596.8895 — (a) Whenever the director temporarily suspends the license, registration, or special permit of a child day care facility pursuant to Section 1596.
• § 1596.8897 — (a) The department may prohibit any person from being a member of the board of directors, an executive director, or an officer of a licensee or a licensee from employing, or continuing the employment
• § 1596.8898 — (a) (1) If the department determines that a person was issued a license under this chapter, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1200), Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250), Chapter 3 (commencing wi
• § 1596.8899 — The department shall conduct an unannounced visit to a facility within 30 days after the department serves an order of immediate exclusion from the facility upon the licensee or a person subject to im
• § 1596.89 — The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1596.
• § 1596.890 — (a) Any person who willfully or repeatedly violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 1596.891 — (a) A person who violates Section 1596.
• § 1596.8915 — Any person who, without lawful authorization from a duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department, informs an owner, operator, employee, or agent of a child day care facility of an imp
• § 1596.892 — The civil, criminal, and administrative remedies available to the department pursuant to this article are not exclusive, and may be sought and employed in any combination deemed advisable by the depar
• § 1596.893a — (a) When the licensing agency has reason to believe that an unlicensed day care facility is operating or that a day care facility is in violation of the California Child Day Care Facilities Act or of
• § 1596.893b — (a) When the licensing agency has reason to believe that an unlicensed day care facility is operating or that a day care facility is in violation of the California Child Day Care Facilities Act or of
• § 1596.893c — (a) The department shall consider, in determining whether to issue a citation or impose a civil penalty under any provision of this chapter to a child daycare facility that contracts with the departme
• § 1596.894 — Any action brought by the department against an unlicensed child day care facility shall not abate by reason of sale or other transfer of ownership of the child day care facility which is a party to t
• § 1596.895 — (a) The department shall notify resource and referral agencies funded pursuant to Section 10217 of the Welfare and Institutions Code of any priority one violation or any allegation of a priority one v
• § 1596.90 — No day care center for children shall be licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), but shall be subject to licensure exclusively in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3.
• § 1596.95 — Any person desiring issuance of a license for a day care center or a special permit for specialized services in a day care center under this chapter shall file with the department pursuant to regulati
• § 1596.951 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to create a childcare license that has individual program components that serve infant, toddler, preschool, and schoolage children.
• § 1596.952 — (a) A corporation that applies for licensure with the department shall list the facilities that any member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer that has been licensed to op
• § 1596.954 — Every licensed child day care center shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 of Divi
• § 1596.96 — (a) The department and the licensing agencies with which it contracts for licensing shall review and make a final determination within 60 days of an applicant’s submission of a complete application on
• § 1596.97 — A license or special permit for a day care center for children may be issued providing the licensee has been found not to be in violation of any statutory requirements or rules or regulations pursuant
• § 1596.98 — (a) The department shall notify the day care center in writing of all deficiencies in its compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, and shall set a r
• § 1596.99 — (a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter or Chapter 3.
• § 1597.05 — (a) Licensing reviews of a child day care center shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews of the content of any educational or training program of the fac
• § 1597.055 — (a) Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired as a teacher in a day care center if he or she satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) Is 18 years of age or older.
• § 1597.056 — Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired to provide extended day care for children of a given grade level in a day care center if the person is otherwise qualified to
• § 1597.057 — Any requirement established by the department, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1596.
• § 1597.059 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall adopt guidelines and procedures to permit an aide to assist a fully qualified child care teacher in the supervision of up to 18 preschool age children
• § 1597.07 — The department shall require of every licensee a written policy statement which shall include names and qualifications of all current employees, admission policies, program philosophy, the location an
• § 1597.08 — All site visits shall be unannounced.
• § 1597.09 — (a) Each licensed child day care center shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department.
• § 1597.091 — (a) In addition to the visits required by Section 1597.
• § 1597.11 — The department shall notify the State Department of Education when a child care or development facility licensed pursuant to this chapter is found to have licensing violations which the department has
• § 1597.13 — The department and any local agency with which it contracts for the licensing of day care centers shall grant or deny an application for license within 30 days after receipt of all appropriate licensi
• § 1597.14 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1596.
• § 1597.15 — (a) The director shall authorize the University of California to conduct a pilot project pursuant to this section for a period not to extend 24 months beyond the date that funding is available for exp
• § 1597.16 — (a) (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.
• § 1597.20 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a critical need to increase opportunities for children to engage in positive activities during after school hours.
• § 1597.21 — The following requirements shall apply to schoolage day care centers: (a) The State Department of Social Services shall permit the substitution of 20 training hours for each required unit of education
• § 1597.22 — (a) When colocated with multifamily housing, the use of a daycare center shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right.
• § 1597.30 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Legislature has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of children in family homes that provide daycare.
• § 1597.36 — The department shall provide written documentation to providers of the need for repairs, renovations, or additions when requested for an application for a loan guarantee pursuant to subdivision (d) of
• § 1597.40 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that family daycare homes for children should be situated in normal residential surroundings so as to give children the home environment that is conducive to he
• § 1597.41 — (a) Every provision in a written instrument relating to real property that purports to restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, leasing, or mortgaging of the real property for use or occupancy as a famil
• § 1597.42 — The use of a home as a family daycare home, operated under the standards of state law, in a residentially zoned area shall be considered a residential use of property for the purposes of all local ord
• § 1597.43 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Family day care homes operated under the standards of state law constitute accessory uses of residentially zoned and occupied properties an
• § 1597.44 — A small family day care home may provide care for more than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) At least one child is e
• § 1597.45 — (a) The use of a home as a small or large family daycare home shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right for the purposes of all local ordinances, including, but not limited
• § 1597.455 — (a) A small family daycare home shall not be subject to Article 1 (commencing with Section 13100) or Article 2 (commencing with Section 13140) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 12, except that a smal
• § 1597.46 — (a) A large family daycare home shall abide by all standards, in addition to the requirements of the State Uniform Building Standards Code, that are specifically designed to promote fire and life safe
• § 1597.465 — A large family day care home may provide care for more than 12 children and up to and including 14 children, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) At least one child is enrolled in and atten
• § 1597.467 — (a) Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe that a child in his or her care has suffered any injury or has been subjected to any act of violence while under the licens
• § 1597.52 — (a) Licensing reviews of a family day care home for children shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews of the content of any educational or training progra
• § 1597.53 — No family day care home for children shall be licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), but shall be subject to licensure exclusively in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3.
• § 1597.531 — (a) All family day care homes for children shall maintain in force either liability insurance covering injury to clients and guests in the amount of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) pe
• § 1597.54 — (a) All family daycare homes for children, shall apply for a license under this chapter, except that any home that, on June 28, 1981, had a valid and unexpired license to operate as a family daycare h
• § 1597.541 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding age-appropriate immunization requirements for enrolled children for family day care homes.
• § 1597.542 — (a) The Division of Child Care Licensing in the department shall clearly differentiate degrees of violations of the regulations adopted for purposes of this chapter by the impact upon children in care
• § 1597.543 — (a) The State Fire Marshal shall update the building and fire standards necessary to implement the sections of this chapter relating to life and fire safety, including, but not limited to, Sections 15
• § 1597.55a — (a) Every family day care home shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department, as provided in this section.
• § 1597.55b — No site visits, unannounced visits, or spot checks, shall be made under this chapter except as provided in this section.
• § 1597.56 — (a) The department shall notify a family day care home in writing of all deficiencies in its compliance with this act and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act, and shall set a reason
• § 1597.57 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Develop and utilize one application form for all family day care homes for children requesting a new license.
• § 1597.58 — (a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter, the department shall levy a civil penalty.
• § 1597.59 — The department and the local agencies with which it contracts for the licensing of family day care homes for children shall grant or deny a license to a family day care home for children within 30 day
• § 1597.61 — (a) When the department determines that a family day care home for children is operating without a license and notifies the unlicensed provider of the requirement for the license, the licensing agency
• § 1597.62 — (a) The department may impose civil penalties of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and not more than fifty dollars ($50) per day per violation for uncorrected violations that present an immediat
• § 1597.621 — Family day care homes that, on December 31, 1983, have a valid unexpired registration to operate as a family day care home for children pursuant to Section 1597.
• § 1597.622 — (a) (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family day care home if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles.
• § 1597.640 — (a) Except as required by state or federal or as required to administer a state or federally supported educational program, licensed child daycare facilities, employees of licensed child daycare facil
• § 1597.70 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) It is significant that the Santa Clara County Intergovernmental Council has found that due to changes in the labor force and an increase in the ch
• § 1597.71 — To encourage and facilitate the establishment of employer-sponsored child day care centers, the department shall allow for reasonable waivers of those regulations presenting difficulties to small busi
• § 1598 — It is the intent of the Legislature in the enactment of this chapter to establish a grant program administered by the State Department of Social Services to provide support to existing local rape vict
• § 1598.1 — The State Department of Social Services shall provide grants to proposed and existing local rape victim counseling centers.
• § 1598.5 — The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Social Services for expenditure during the 1978–79 fiscal year.
• § 1599 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to expressly set forth fundamental human rights which all patients shall be entitled to in a skilled nursing, intermediate care facility, o
• § 1599.1 — Written policies regarding the rights of residents shall be established and shall be made available to the resident, to any guardian, next of kin, sponsoring agency or representative payee, and to the
• § 1599.15 — (a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Informed consent” means the voluntary agreement of a resident or a resident’s representative to accept a treatment or procedure
• § 1599.2 — Written information informing patients of their rights shall include a preamble or preliminary statement in substantial form as follows: (a) Further facility requirements are set forth in the Health a
• § 1599.3 — Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of understanding such information, or who exhibits a comm
• § 1599.4 — In no event shall this chapter be construed or applied in a manner which imposes new or additional obligations or standards on skilled nursing, intermediate care facilities, or hospice facilities or t
• § 1599.60 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Abbreviated contract of admission” means a contract which meets the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided, for a resident who is receiving respite care
• § 1599.61 — (a) By January 1, 2000, all skilled nursing facilities, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, intermediate care facilities, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1250, and nursing faciliti
• § 1599.62 — (a) Contracts of admission shall not include unlawful waivers of facility liability for the health and safety or personal property of residents.
• § 1599.63 — (a) Every long-term health care facility shall make complete blank copies of its admission contract immediately available to the public at cost, upon request.
• § 1599.64 — (a) All abbreviated contracts of admission and contracts of admission shall be printed in black type of not less than 10-point type size, on plain white paper.
• § 1599.645 — (a) Within 30 days of approval of a change of ownership by the State Department of Public Health, the skilled nursing facility shall send written notification to all current residents and patients and
• § 1599.65 — (a) Prior to or at the time of admission, the facility shall make reasonable efforts to communicate the content of the contract to, and obtain on the contract the signature of, the person who is to be
• § 1599.651 — A person who seeks to be admitted to the same long-term health care facility for which there exists a prior executed contract of admission which was signed by that person, or his or her legal represen
• § 1599.652 — A person who seeks to be admitted to the same skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility to receive respite care services for which there already exists a prior executed abbreviated contra
• § 1599.66 — Every contract of admission shall clearly and explicitly state whether the facility participates in the Medi-Cal program.
• § 1599.67 — (a) Every contract of admission shall state clearly what services and supplies are covered by the facility’s basic daily rate.
• § 1599.68 — Any long-term health care facility that imposes interest charges on delinquent accounts shall clearly state in the contract of admission the rate of interest so charged and the method of computation.
• § 1599.69 — (a) The contract of admission for any long-term health care facility that is a Medi-Cal certified facility shall state in bold capital letters of not less than 10-point type that neither the prospecti
• § 1599.70 — (a) No contract of admission may require a security deposit from a Medi-Cal beneficiary who applies for admission to the facility as a Medi-Cal patient.
• § 1599.71 — (a) No contract of admission shall require the resident to pay for days beyond the date of his or her death or involuntary discharge from the facility, except that a facility may charge the resident f
• § 1599.72 — No contract of admission shall include a clause requiring residents to sign a consent to all treatment ordered by any physician.
• § 1599.73 — (a) Every contract of admission shall state that residents have a right to confidential treatment of medical information.
• § 1599.74 — (a) The department shall translate both the statutory Patients’ Bill of Rights, as provided in Chapter 3.
• § 1599.75 — (a) When referring to a resident’s obligation to observe facility rules, the contract of admission shall indicate that the rules must be reasonable, and that there is a facility procedure for suggesti
• § 1599.76 — (a) No contract of admission shall list any ground for involuntary transfer or discharge of the resident except those grounds which are specifically enumerated in either federal or state law.
• § 1599.77 — With respect to transfer or eviction of a resident pursuant to Section 1439.
• § 1599.78 — (a) A contract of admission shall state that, except in an emergency, a resident may not be involuntarily transferred or discharged from a long-term health care facility unless the resident and, if ap
• § 1599.79 — Every contract of admission shall meet the requirements of Section 72520 of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code, which requires that the facility offer to hold a bed for the resident in the
• § 1599.80 — Facilities that wish to photograph a resident for other than staff identification or health care purposes shall obtain permission from the resident whether for one photograph or for multiple photograp
• § 1599.81 — (a) All contracts of admission that contain an arbitration clause shall clearly indicate that agreement to arbitration is not a precondition for medical treatment or for admission to the facility.
• § 1599.82 — No contract of admission shall include a clause that purports to alter the statutory period for filing an action against a facility.
• § 1599.83 — If a provision for the payment of attorney’s fees is included in the admission contract, it shall state that in disputes arising from the admission contract, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
• § 1599.84 — This chapter applies to new admissions to skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities on and after January 1, 1988.
• § 1599.85 — Long-term health care facilities must prominently and clearly display the following notice on all contracts of admission, and all advertisements used to solicit consumers to enter into contracts of ad
• § 1599.86 — “Contract of admission,” as used in this chapter, includes all documents which a resident or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of, admission to a long-term care hea
• § 1599.87 — The Department of Health Services (the Department) shall compile a list of approximately twenty five % (25%) of the long-term health care facilities with the most serious records of violations of laws
• § 1599.88 — The Department shall issue regulations to implement this Chapter, including permitting one disclosure to satisfy the requirements of Section 1599.
• § 1599.89 — The remedies for violations of this Chapter are as provided in Government Code Section 12269.
• § 16 — “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
• § 1600 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 1600.1 — “Biologics” includes the following products which are offered for sale or distribution for the prevention or treatment of disease, except biologics which are registered pursuant to Chapter 1.
• § 1600.2 — “Blood bank” means any place where human whole blood, and human whole blood derivatives specified by regulation, are collected, prepared, tested, processed, or stored, or from which human whole blood
• § 1600.21 — “Blood collection center” means a stationary auxiliary to a blood bank which is designed, equipped, and staffed to procure human whole blood or blood components which are to be transported to the bloo
• § 1600.22 — “Stationary” means a nonmobile room or building maintained at a fixed address.
• § 1600.25 — “Mobile unit” means a transportable auxiliary to a blood bank designed, equipped, and staffed to procure human whole blood and to transport this blood to the bank for processing, storing, and distribu
• § 1600.3 — “Blood bank depository” means any place other than a blood bank where human whole blood and human whole blood derivatives specified by regulation are stored and held for transfusion.
• § 1600.35 — “Blood component” or “blood derivative” means any product produced from whole blood.
• § 1600.4 — “Distribution” includes sale and exchange.
• § 1600.5 — “Production” includes collection, preparation, testing, processing, storage, and distribution of biologics under a license issued by the department.
• § 1600.6 — “Department” means the State Department of Health Services.
• § 1600.7 — “Carrier donor” means any donor of human whole blood whose blood donation has been found, either by laboratory tests or by the tracing of a transfusion-associated hepatitis case where there was a sing