California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - Administration

  • Section 1265.
    Any person, political subdivision of the state, or governmental agency desiring a license for a health facility, approval for a special service under this chapter,...
  • Section 1265.1.
    (a)  An application for licensure under this chapter may be denied by the state department if the applicant for a license has been convicted of...
  • Section 1265.2.
    A “crime,” within the meaning of this chapter, means a violation of a law or regulation which is substantially related to the qualifications or duties...
  • Section 1265.3.
    (a) For any individual or entity that seeks approval to operate or manage a health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section...
  • Section 1265.4.
    (a) A licensed health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), or (k) of Section 1250, shall employ a full-time, part-time, or consulting...
  • Section 1265.5.
    (a) (1) Prior to the initial licensure or renewal of a license of any person or persons to operate or manage an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative,...
  • Section 1265.6.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered nurse within his or her scope of practice may require direct care staff in an intermediate care...
  • Section 1265.7.
    (a)  (1)  The state department shall adopt regulations for the licensure of congregate living health facilities. The regulations shall include minimum standards of adequacy, safety,...
  • Section 1265.8.
    In addition to the requirements of this chapter, any person, political subdivision of the state, or governmental agency desiring a license for a health facility...
  • Section 1265.9.
    (a) On and after July 1, 2015, any acute psychiatric hospital that submits a completed application and is operated by the State Department of State Hospitals...
  • Section 1266.
    (a) The Licensing and Certification Division shall be supported entirely by federal funds and special funds by no earlier than the beginning of the 2009–10 fiscal...
  • Section 1266.1.
    (a) Each new or renewal application for a license for a psychiatric health facility shall be accompanied by a fee credited to the State Department of...
  • Section 1266.5.
    (a) Whenever any entity required to pay fees pursuant to Section 1266 continues to operate beyond its license expiration date, without the Licensing and Certification Program...
  • Section 1266.7.
    The annual Licensing and Certification Program fee for a congregate living health facility shall be set in accordance with Section 1266.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch....
  • Section 1266.9.
    There is hereby created in the State Treasury the State Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Program Fund. The revenue collected in accordance with...
  • Section 1266.10.a.
    The amount of three million two hundred four thousand three hundred seventy dollars ($3,204,370) is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of...
  • Section 1266.12.
    (a) The annual Licensing and Certification Program fee for a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, general acute care hospital, acute psychiatric hospital, special hospital, chemical...
  • Section 1267.
    (a)  (1)  Each license issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire 12 months from the date of its issuance and each special permit shall expire...
  • Section 1267.5.
    (a)  (1)  Each applicant for a license to operate a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall disclose to the state department the name...
  • Section 1267.7.
    The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Developmental Services shall jointly develop and implement licensing and Medi-Cal regulations appropriate to intermediate...
  • Section 1267.75.
    (a) A licensee of an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 1250, or of an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled, as...
  • Section 1267.8.
    (a)  An intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative or an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled—nursing or a congregate living health facility shall meet the same fire safety...
  • Section 1267.9.
    (a)  The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of the state to prevent overconcentrations of intermediate care facilities/development ally disabled habilitative, intermediate care...
  • Section 1267.11.
    Each intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative shall designate direct care staff persons to supervise the direct care services to clients for at least 56 hours per...
  • Section 1267.12.
    No person shall be admitted, or accepted for care, or discharged, by a congregate living health facility except upon the order of a physician and...
  • Section 1267.13.
    Pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) and subdivision (b) of Section 1265.7, this section shall be effective until the adoption of permanent regulations. Notwithstanding,...
  • Section 1267.15.
    (a) Congregate living health facilities shall be freestanding, but this does not preclude their location on the premises of a hospital. Congregate living health facilities shall...
  • Section 1267.16.
    (a)  A congregate living health facility which serves six or fewer persons shall be considered a residential use of property for purposes of any zoning...
  • Section 1267.17.
    Each congregate living health facility shall conspicuously post the license, or a true copy thereof in a location accessible to public view.(Added by Stats. 1988,...
  • Section 1267.19.
    Congregate living health facilities shall not be subject to architectural plan review by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. As part of the...
  • Section 1268.
    (a)  Upon the filing of the application for licensure or for a special permit for special services and full compliance with this chapter and the...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 1271.1.
    (a)  A health facility may place up to 50 percent of its licensed bed capacity in voluntary suspension for a period not exceeding three years,...
  • Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018