California Laws: Health and Safety Code Sections 1417-1439.8
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1417
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973. ...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1417.1
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to establish (1) a citation system for the imposition of prompt and effective civil...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1417.15
(a) (1) If one or more of the following remedies is actually imposed for violation of state or federal requirements, the long-term health care facility...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1417.2
(a) Notwithstanding Section 1428, moneys collected as a result of civil penalties imposed under this chapter shall be deposited into an account which is hereby...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1417.3
The department shall promote quality of care and quality of life for residents, clients, and patients in long-term health care facility services through specific activities...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1417.4
(a) There is hereby established in the state department the Quality Awards Program for nursing homes. (b) The department shall establish criteria under the program,...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418
As used in this chapter: (a) "Long-term health care facility" means any facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) that is any...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.1
(a) Any person receiving respite care services shall be permitted to bring medications to the skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility if the contents...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.2
(a) Every facility licensed pursuant to subdivisions (c), (d), (e), and (g) of Section 1250 and every skilled nursing facility licensed separately under subdivision (a)...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.3
(a) Each licensed skilled nursing facility shall, when requested by a member of a patient's family, allow the family to meet privately with a family...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.4
(a) No licensed skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility may prohibit the formation of a family council, and, when requested by a member of...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.5
No regulation adopted with respect to skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities shall prohibit patients in the facility from storing nonprescription or topical ophthalmic...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.6
No long-term health care facility shall accept or retain any patient for whom it cannot provide adequate care. ...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.7
(a) Long-term health care facilities, as defined in Section 1418, shall develop and implement policies and procedures designed to reduce theft and loss. (b) The...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.8
(a) If the attending physician and surgeon of a resident in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility prescribes or orders a medical intervention...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.81
(a) In order to assure the provision of quality patient care and as part of the planning for that quality patient care, commencing at the...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.9
(a) If the attending physician and surgeon of a resident in a skilled nursing facility prescribes, orders, or increases an order for an antipsychotic medication...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1418.91
(a) A long-term health care facility shall report all incidents of alleged abuse or suspected abuse of a resident of the facility to the department...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1419
(a) The department shall establish a centralized consumer response unit within the Licensing and Certification Division of the department to respond to consumer inquiries and...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1420
(a) (1) Upon receipt of a written or oral complaint, the state department shall assign an inspector to make a preliminary review of the complaint...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1421
(a) Any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the state department may enter and inspect any long-term health care facility, including, but not limited...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1421.1
(a) Within 24 hours of the occurrence of any of the events specified in subdivision (b), the licensee of a skilled nursing facility shall notify...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1421.5
(a) (1) Within 24 hours of the filing of a bankruptcy petition under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other laws of...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1422
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of this state to assure that long-term health care facilities provide the highest...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1422
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of this state to ensure that long-term health care facilities provide the highest...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1422.1
(a) Notwithstanding Section 1422, the State Department of Health Services shall conduct, when feasible, annual licensing inspections of licensed long-term health care facilities providing special...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1422.5
(a) The department shall develop and establish a consumer information service system to provide updated and accurate information to the general public and consumers regarding...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1422.6
Each skilled nursing facility and intermediate care facility shall post a copy of the notice required pursuant to Section 9718 of the Welfare and Institutions...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1422.7
The state department shall provide the office, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 9701 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, with copies of inspection...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1423
(a) If upon inspection or investigation the director determines that any nursing facility is in violation of any state or federal law or regulation relating...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1423.5
(a) The state department shall centrally review federal deficiencies and supporting documentation that may require the termination of certification for a nursing facility. The state...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1424
Citations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be classified according to the nature of the violation and shall indicate the classification on the face thereof....
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1424.1
(a) On and after the effective date of this section, no citation shall be issued or sustained under this chapter for a violation of any...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1424.5
(a) In lieu of the fines specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 1424, fines imposed on skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1425
Where a licensee has failed to correct a violation within the time specified in the citation, the state department shall assess the licensee a civil...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1426
After consultation with industry, professional, and consumer groups affected thereby, but not later than three months after the effective date of this chapter, the director...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1427
(a) When the administration of medications, treatments, or other care is not recorded, as required by law, in the health care record for a patient...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1428
(a) If the licensee desires to contest a citation or the proposed assessment of a civil penalty therefor, the licensee shall use the processes described...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1428.1
Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1424.5, a licensee may, in lieu of contesting a citation pursuant to Section 1428, transmit to the...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1428.2
In the case of a class "A" or class "AA" citation issued to a long-term health care facility which is appealed, the citation shall expire...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1429
(a) Each class "AA" and class "A" citation specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 1424 that is issued pursuant to this section and...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1429.1
(a) If a long-term health care facility licensed as a skilled nursing facility or an intermediate care facility, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2)...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1430
(a) Except where the state department has taken action and the violations have been corrected to its satisfaction, a licensee who commits a class "A"...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1431
It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any of the following: (a) Willfully prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1432
(a) No licensee shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any complainant, or any patient or employee in its long-term health care facility, on...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1432.1
No licensee shall be cited for any violation caused by any person licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000)...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1433
The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative, and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1434
Commencing in 1974, the state department shall, on or before February 1 of each year, notify all public agencies which refer patients to long-term health...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1436
On or before July 1, 1974, the state department shall provide for additional and ongoing training for inspectors charged with implementation of this chapter in...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1437
If a health facility, or an applicant for a license has not been previously licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250), the state...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1437.5
(a) If a facility is certified to participate in the federal Medicare program as a skilled nursing facility under Title XVIII of the Social Security...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1438
The state department shall review the effectiveness of the enforcement system in maintaining the quality of care provided by long-term health care facilities and shall...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1439
Any writing received, owned, used, or retained by the state department in connection with the provisions of this chapter is a public record within the...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1439.2
Every long-term health care facility shall provide an activity program to the residents of the facility to meet the needs and interests of the residents...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1439.5
(a) The state department shall undertake the immediate development, implementation, and maintenance of an automated information system. The automated information system shall be developed to...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1439.7
Notwithstanding Section 14124.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, a long-term health care facility participating as a provider under the Medi-Cal program may transfer or...
- California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1439.8
Every long-term health care facility shall reveal to applicants for admission, or their designated representatives, orally and in writing, and prior to admission, whether the...
