California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 3.9 - Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facility Patient’s Bill of Rights

• Section 1599.
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to expressly set forth fundamental human rights which all patients shall be entitled to...
• Section 1599.1.
  Written policies regarding the rights of patients shall be established and shall be made available to the patient, to any guardian, next of kin, sponsoring...
• Section 1599.2.
  Written information informing patients of their rights shall include a preamble or preliminary statement in substantial form as follows:(a)  Further facility requirements are set forth...
• Section 1599.3.
  Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of...
• Section 1599.4.
  In no event shall this chapter be construed or applied in a manner which imposes new or additional obligations or standards on skilled nursing, intermediate...

Last modified: October 22, 2018