California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 3 - Regulations

  • Section 1569.30.
    (a) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2...
  • Section 1569.31.
    The regulations for a license shall prescribe standards of safety and sanitation for the physical plant and standards for basic care and supervision, personal care,...
  • Section 1569.311.
    Every residential care facility for the elderly shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter...
  • Section 1569.312.
    Every facility required to be licensed under this chapter shall provide at least the following basic services:(a)  Care and supervision as defined in Section 1569.2....
  • Section 1569.313.
    Each residential care facility for the elderly shall state, on its client information form or admission agreement, and on its patient’s rights form, the facility’s...
  • Section 1569.314.
    A residential care facility for the elderly shall not require residents to purchase medications, or rent or purchase medical supplies or equipment, from any particular...
  • Section 1569.315.
    Each residential care facility for the elderly required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter shall keep a current record of clients in the facility,...
  • Section 1569.315.a.
    Each facility required to be licensed shall keep a current record of all of the following:(a)  Clients in the facility, including each client’s name and...
  • Section 1569.316.
    (a)  The referring agency or facility, or its designee, shall provide to the administrator all information in its possession concerning any history of dangerous propensity...
  • Section 1569.317.
    Every residential care facility for the elderly, as defined in Section 1569.2, shall, for the purpose of addressing issues that arise when a resident is...
  • Section 1569.318.
    Every residential care facility for the elderly shall abide by the provisions of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of...
  • Section 1569.32.
    Any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter and inspect any place providing personal care, supervision,...
  • Section 1569.33.
    (a) Every licensed residential care facility for the elderly shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department. The department shall inspect these facilities as often...
  • Section 1569.331.
    The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to protect the health and safety of elders in care at residential care facilities for the...
  • Section 1569.335.
    (a) The department shall provide the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 9701 of the Welfare and Institutions...
  • Section 1569.34.
    The director shall have the authority to contract for personal services as required in order to perform inspections of, or consultation with, residential care facilities...
  • Section 1569.345.
    Upon request, the department shall provide the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman and any approved organizations of the office with copies of inspection...
  • Section 1569.35.
    (a) Any person may request an investigation of a residential care facility for the elderly in accordance with this chapter by making a complaint to the...
  • Section 1569.351.
    (a) The department shall ensure that the licensee’s plan of correction is verifiable and measurable. The plan of correction shall specify what evidence is acceptable to...
  • Section 1569.355.
    The director shall establish an automated license information system on licensees and former licensees of licensed residential care facilities for the elderly. The system shall...
  • Section 1569.356.
    To the extent that the department’s computer system can electronically accommodate additional residential care facility for the elderly profile information, the department shall post on...
  • Section 1569.36.
    (a)  Not less than 30 days prior to the expiration date of any residential care facility for the elderly license, the department shall transmit a...
  • Section 1569.37.
    No licensee, or officer or employee of the licensee, shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner, including, but not limited to, eviction or threat of...
  • Section 1569.371.
    (a) No licensee, or officer or employee of the licensee, shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any person receiving the services of the licensee’s...
  • Section 1569.38.
    (a) Each residential care facility for the elderly shall place in a conspicuous place copies of all licensing reports issued by the department within the preceding...
  • Section 1569.39.
    (a) A residential care facility for the elderly that accepts or retains residents with prohibited health conditions, as defined by the department, in Section 87615 of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018