California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 8.3 - Private Duty Nursing Agencies

• Section 1743.
  (a)  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1)  There is currently a crisis in accessing home health care. (2)  Approximately 300 home...
• Section 1743.2.
  (a)  “Private duty nursing agency” means a private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, political subdivision of the state, or...
• Section 1743.3.
  Each private duty nursing agency providing services shall do all of the following:(a)  Provide for a plan of treatment for patients receiving private duty nursing...
• Section 1743.7.
  Any person, organization, political subdivision of the state or governmental agency desiring a license under this chapter, or any health facility as defined in Section...
• Section 1743.9.
  (a) To qualify for a private duty nursing agency license, the following requirements shall be met:(1) Every applicant shall satisfy the following conditions:(A) Be of good moral character....
• Section 1743.11.
  (a)  If a private duty nursing agency or an applicant for a license has not been previously licensed, the department may only issue a provisional...
• Section 1743.13.
  (a)  Notwithstanding Sections 1743.9 and 1743.15, if a private duty nursing agency or an applicant for a license has been previously licensed as a home...
• Section 1743.15.
  (a)  Upon filing an application for a private duty nursing agency license as provided for in, and upon the full compliance with, the provisions of...
• Section 1743.17.
  Each application for a private duty nursing agency license under this chapter, except applications by this state or any state department, authority, bureau, commission, or...
• Section 1743.19.
  Each private duty nursing agency license issued under this chapter shall expire 12 months from the date of its issuance. Application for renewal of license...
• Section 1743.21.
  (a)  Every private duty nursing agency for which a license has been issued, except a facility that is certified to participate either in the Medicare...
• Section 1743.23.
  (a)  The department shall apply its current regulations governing home health agencies to home health agencies and to private duty nursing agencies and may thereafter...
• Section 1743.25.
  (a)  The department may deny any application for, or suspend or revoke, any private duty nursing license issued under this chapter upon any of the...
• Section 1743.27.
  (a)  Any license revoked pursuant to this chapter may be reinstated pursuant to Section 11522 of the Government Code. (b)  Any licensee may, with the...
• Section 1743.29.
  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the adherents of any well recognized church or religious denomination that provides for the care or...
• Section 1743.31.
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter, is guilty of a...
• Section 1743.33.
  The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1743 in the superior court in and for the county...
• Section 1743.35.
  Any officer, employee, or agent of the department may enter and inspect any building, premises, record, or file of a private duty nursing agency licensee...
• Section 1743.37.
  The district attorney of every county shall, upon application by the department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for...

Last modified: October 22, 2018