California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 8 - Home Health Agencies

• Section 1725.
  (a) The purpose of this chapter is to require licensure of home health agencies in order to protect the health and safety of the people of...
• Section 1726.
  (a) No private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state,...
• Section 1727.
  (a)  “Home health agency” means a private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, political subdivision of the state, or other...
• Section 1727.1.
  A licensed home health agency may also provide, or arrange for the provision of, other therapeutic services to persons in their temporary or permanent place...
• Section 1727.5.
  Each home health agency providing home health agency services shall do all of the following:(a)  Provide for a plan of treatment for patients receiving skilled...
• Section 1727.7.
  (a)  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)  Thousands of patients receive home health care each year, thus preventing, postponing, and limiting the need...
• Section 1728.
  Any person, organization, political subdivision of the state or governmental agency desiring a license under the provisions of this chapter or a hospital as defined...
• Section 1728.1.
  (a) To qualify for a home health agency license, the following requirements shall be met:(1) Every applicant shall satisfy the following conditions:(A) Be of good moral character. If...
• Section 1728.2.
  (a)  If a home health agency or an applicant for a license has not been previously licensed, the state department may only issue a provisional...
• Section 1728.3.
  Notwithstanding Sections 1728.1 and 1732, the state department may issue a provisional license to a home health agency if:(a)  The agency and the applicant for...
• Section 1728.7.
  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department shall issue a license to a home health agency that applies to the department for...
• Section 1728.8.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the department licenses and certifies home health agencies in a reasonable and timely manner to...
• Section 1729.
  Each application for a license under this chapter, except applications by the State of California or any state department, authority, bureau, commission, or officer, shall...
• Section 1730.
  (a) Each license issued under this chapter shall expire 12 months from the date of its issuance. Application for renewal of license accompanied by the necessary...
• Section 1731.
  No person, public or private organization, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state, shall continue to operate, conduct, or maintain...
• Section 1732.
  Upon filing of the application for a license provided for in, and upon full compliance with, the provisions of this chapter and the rules and...
• Section 1733.
  Every home health agency for which a license has been issued, except a facility that is certified to participate either in the Medicare program under...
• Section 1734.
  (a)  The state department shall adopt, and may thereafter modify, amend, or rescind, reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter,...
• Section 1734.5.
  The department may grant to entities contracting with the department under the PACE program, as defined in Chapter 8.75 (commencing with Section 14591) of Part...
• Section 1735.
  The state department may deny any application for, or suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this chapter upon any of the...
• Section 1736.
  Proceedings for the denial, suspension or revocation of licenses or denial or withdrawal of approval under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Section...
• Section 1736.1.
  (a) An applicant for certification as a certified home health aide shall comply with each of the following requirements:(1) Have successfully completed a training program with a...
• Section 1736.2.
  (a) Certificates issued for certified home health aides shall be renewed every two years and renewal shall be conditioned on the certificate holder obtaining a criminal...
• Section 1736.4.
  (a)  The state department shall investigate complaints concerning misconduct by certified home health aides and may take disciplinary action pursuant to Section 1736.5. (b)  The...
• Section 1736.5.
  (a) The department shall deny a training application and deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate issued under this article if the applicant or certificate holder has...
• Section 1736.6.
  (a) (1) A criminal record clearance shall be conducted by the department for all home health aides by electronically submitting fingerprint images and related information to the...
• Section 1736.7.
  (a)  The state department may request and maintain employment information for home health aides. (b)  Within five working days of receipt of a criminal record...
• Section 1737.
  Any license revoked pursuant to this chapter may be reinstated pursuant to the provisions of Section 11522 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st...
• Section 1737.5.
  Any licensee may, with the approval of the state department, surrender his license for suspension or cancellation by the state department. Any license suspended or...
• Section 1738.
  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any home health agency conducted by and for the adherents of any well recognized church or...
• Section 1739.
  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 1740.
  The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1726 in the superior court in and for the county...
• Section 1741.
  Any officer, employee, or agent of the state department may enter and inspect any building, premises, record or file of a licensee at any reasonable...
• Section 1742.
  The district attorney of every county shall, upon application by the state department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action...

Last modified: October 22, 2018