California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 9 - Training Programs in Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities

• Section 1337.
  (a) The Legislature finds that the quality of patient care in skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities is dependent upon the competence of the personnel who...
• Section 1337.1.
  A skilled nursing or intermediate care facility shall adopt an approved training program that meets standards established by the department. The approved training program shall...
• Section 1337.2.
  (a)  An applicant for certification as a certified nurse assistant shall comply with each of the following: (1)  Be at least 16 years of age....
• Section 1337.3.
  (a) The department shall prepare and maintain a list of approved training programs for nurse assistant certification. The list shall include training programs conducted by skilled...
• Section 1337.4.
  Every skilled nursing or intermediate care facility shall designate a licensed nurse as a director of staff development who shall be responsible for the management...
• Section 1337.5.
  (a)  Approved training programs shall be conducted during the normal working hours of the nurse assistant unless the nurse assistant receives at least the normal...
• Section 1337.6.
  (a) Certificates issued under this article shall be renewed every two years and renewal shall be conditional upon the occurrence of all of the following:(1) The certificate...
• Section 1337.8.
  (a)  The state department shall investigate complaints concerning misconduct by certified nurse assistants and may take disciplinary action pursuant to Section 1337.9. (b)  The state...
• Section 1337.9.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Recidivism is reduced when criminal offenders are given the opportunity to secure employment and engage in a...
• Section 1338.
  (a)  The state department shall, through the Medi-Cal program, provide rate adjustments to skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities for the portion of additional costs...
• Section 1338.1.
  The state department shall assign sufficient qualified employees to supervise and evaluate training programs required by this article.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 351.)
• Section 1338.2.
  (a)  The state department shall convene a work group to develop recommendations to the department on ways to expand the availability of training programs and...
• Section 1338.3.
  The State Director of Health Services may adopt emergency regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of...
• Section 1338.4.
  (a) In addition to other training required by this article and other federal and state laws, a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall provide...
• Section 1338.5.
  (a) (1) (A) A criminal record clearance shall be conducted for all nurse assistants by the submission of fingerprint images and related information to the state department for...

Last modified: October 22, 2018