California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

• Section 1200.
  (a) As used in this chapter, “clinic” means an organized outpatient health facility that provides direct medical, surgical, dental, optometric, or podiatric advice, services, or treatment...
• Section 1200.1.
  (a)  As used in this chapter, “clinic” also means an organized outpatient health facility which, pursuant to Section 1204.1, provides direct psychological advice, services, or...
• Section 1201.
  “License” means a basic permit to operate a clinic. A license may only be granted to a clinic of a type enumerated in Section 1204...
• Section 1201.5.
  “Nonprofit speech and hearing center” means a nonprofit agency which provides an integrated program of speech pathology and audiology services in an outpatient setting designed...
• Section 1202.
  “Special permit” means a permit issued in addition to a license authorizing the clinic to offer one or more special services, as defined in Section...
• Section 1203.
  “Special service” means a functional division, department, or unit of a clinic, or a clinic that is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide a specific...
• Section 1204.
  Clinics eligible for licensure pursuant to this chapter are primary care clinics and specialty clinics.(a)  (1)  Only the following defined classes of primary care clinics...
• Section 1204.1.
  In addition to the primary care clinics and specialty clinics specified in Section 1204, clinics eligible for licensure pursuant to this chapter include psychology clinics....
• Section 1204.2.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in subdivision (c), a primary care clinic described in subdivision (a) of Section 1204 that is licensed...
• Section 1204.3.
  (a) An alternative birth center that is licensed as an alternative birth center specialty clinic pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 1204 shall,...
• Section 1204.4.
  The State Department of Health Services shall provide information to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority with respect to primary care clinic grant applicants for...
• Section 1204.5.
  A primary care clinic may submit verification of certification from the Joint Commission, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), or any other accrediting...
• Section 1205.
  Except as provided in Section 1206, no person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or public agency shall operate, establish, manage, conduct or maintain a clinic in...
• Section 1205.5.
  A clinic that has been verified by the Licensing and Certification Division of the State Department of Health Services and the Office of Statewide Health...
• Section 1206.
  This chapter does not apply to the following:(a) Except with respect to the option provided with regard to surgical clinics in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)...
• Section 1206.1.
  The provisions of this chapter do not require licensure of any place or establishment owned or leased and operated as a clinic or office by...
• Section 1207.
  The state department shall inspect and license clinics, and shall inspect and approve clinics to offer special services.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1147.)
• Section 1208.
  The state department may provide consulting services upon request to any clinic to assist in the identification or correction of deficiencies or the upgrading of...
• Section 1209.
  This chapter does not authorize any person other than a licensed practitioner of a healing art, or any corporation except charitable or professional corporations as...
• Section 1211.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a clinic licensed pursuant to Section 1204 may operate in shared clinic space with a clinic exempt from licensure pursuant to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018