California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 1.3 - Outpatient Settings

  • Section 1248.
    For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Division” means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the...
  • Section 1248.1.
    No association, corporation, firm, partnership, or person shall operate, manage, conduct, or maintain an outpatient setting in this state, unless the setting is one of...
  • Section 1248.15.
    (a) The board shall adopt standards for accreditation and, in approving accreditation agencies to perform accreditation of outpatient settings, shall ensure that the certification program shall,...
  • Section 1248.2.
    (a) Any outpatient setting may apply to an accreditation agency for a certificate of accreditation. Accreditation shall be issued by the accreditation agency solely on the...
  • Section 1248.25.
    If an outpatient setting does not meet the standards approved by the board, accreditation shall be denied by the accreditation agency, which shall provide the...
  • Section 1248.3.
    (a)  Certificates of accreditation issued to outpatient settings by an accreditation agency shall be valid for not more than three years. (b)  The outpatient setting...
  • Section 1248.35.
    (a) Every outpatient setting that is accredited shall be inspected by the accreditation agency and may also be inspected by the Medical Board of California. The...
  • Section 1248.4.
    (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature that an accreditation agency operating on or before January 1, 1995, or a successor thereof, or an...
  • Section 1248.5.
    The board shall evaluate the performance of an approved accreditation agency no less than every three years, or in response to complaints against an agency,...
  • Section 1248.55.
    (a)  If the accreditation agency is not meeting the criteria set by the division, the division may terminate approval of the agency. (b)  Before terminating...
  • Section 1248.6.
    (a)  The Division of Licensing shall establish by regulation a reasonable fee for an application for approval as an accreditation agency in an amount that...
  • Section 1248.65.
    It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon to willfully and knowingly violate this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1276, Sec. 2. Effective...
  • Section 1248.7.
    (a) The board shall investigate all complaints concerning a violation of this chapter. With respect to any complaints relating to a violation of Section 1248.1, or...
  • Section 1248.75.
    (a)  Except as may otherwise be provided in this section, before the Division of Medical Quality may seek an injunction as provided under Section 1248.7,...
  • Section 1248.8.
    (a)  Any person or entity that willfully violates this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
  • Section 1248.85.
    This chapter shall not preclude an approved accreditation agency from adopting additional standards consistent with Section 1248.15, establishing procedures for the conduct of onsite inspections,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018