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California Health And Safety Code Section 123147

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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all health
facilities, as defined in Section 1250, and all primary care clinics
that are either licensed under Section 1204 or exempt from licensure
under Section 1206, shall include a patient's principal spoken
language on the patient's health records.
   (b) Any long-term health care facility, as defined in Section
1418, that already completes the minimum data set form as specified
in Section 14110.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, including
documentation of a patient's principal spoken language, shall be
deemed to be in compliance with subdivision (a).

Last modified: January 12, 2009