California Administrative Code

Physical therapist means a person licensed as a physical therapist by the Physical Therapy Board of California.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 66264.1, owners and operators of facilities that have equipment to which Article 28 of Chapter 14 applies must provide the following additional information: (a) For each piece of equipment to which Article 28 of Chapter 14 applies: (1) equi…

There shall be written policies and procedures for safe and effective distribution, control, use and disposition of drugs developed by the patient care policy committee. The committee shall monitor implementation of the policies and procedures and make recommendations for improve…

(a) On or before September 1, 2007 a business managing perchlorate materials in the course of its operations in an amount greater than 500 pounds of solids or 55 gallons of liquids, at any one time, shall submit to the Department a one-time notification regarding perchlorate mate…

An activity program means a program which is staffed and equipped to encourage the participation of each patient, to meet the needs and interests of each patient and to encourage self-care and resumption of normal activities.

No facility shall use any standing order for medications or treatments.

Physician's assistant means a person who is licensed as a physician's assistant by the Physician Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California.

“Social work aide” means a staff person with orientation, on-the-job training and supervision from a social worker or a social work assistant.

There shall be available to attending physicians a list of the services provided in or available through the facility and a listing of the types of patients who may be admitted for care. Information pertinent to the orientation of new physicians to the facility or changes in serv…

There shall be adequate space maintained to meet the needs of the service.

(a) Upon verification of compliance with the licensing requirements the Department shall issue the license to the applicant. (b) If the applicant is not in compliance with the laws or regulations, the Department shall deny the applicant a license. Immediately upon the denial of a…

(a) Personnel evidencing signs or symptoms indicating the presence of an infectious disease shall be medically screened prior to having patient contact. Those employees determined to have infectious potential as defined by the Infection Control Committee shall be denied or remove…

(a) “General acute care bed classification” means beds designated for burn, coronary, intensive care, medical-surgical, pediatric, perinatal, rehabilitation, acute respiratory or tuberculosis patients receiving 24-hour medical care. (b) Specialized care with respect to special ho…

(a) A written external disaster and mass casualty program plan shall be adopted and followed. The plan shall be developed with the advice and assistance of county or regional and local planning offices and shall not conflict with county and community disaster plans. A copy of the…

(a) What is the environmental compliance level? The environmental compliance level is defined in California Code of Regulations, title 22, section 66387.1, subsection (g). It must be an “A,” “B,” or “N” and it allows a person to determine the level of environmental compliance of …

(a) The Department shall divide the State of California into distinct PSAs. The factors to be considered in designating a PSA shall include all of the following: (1) As determined from statistics provided by the Department of Finance Census Tables: (A) The geographical distributi…

(a) A physician with training in critical care medicine shall have overall responsibility for the intensive care service. This physician or his designated alternate shall be responsible for: (1) Implementation of established policies and procedures. (2) Development of a system fo…

(a) The facility shall specify each population group that it plans to serve. For each group there shall be a separate special disability program developed to meet specific needs of the particular group. The program shall consist of the following components: (1) Description of pop…

“Older individual” means a person who is 60 years of age or older.

Supplemental service means an organized inpatient or outpatient service which is not required to be provided by law or regulation.

(a) Mentally disordered rehabilitation programs are designed to serve patients who have a chronic psychiatric impairment and whose adaptive functioning is moderately impaired. These patients require continuous supervision and can be expected to benefit from an active rehabilitati…

Autoclaving means the process of sterilization by steam under pressure.

(a) No person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, political subdivision of the state or other governmental agency shall establish, operate or maintain a hospital, or hold out, represent, or advertise by any means that it operates a hospital, without first obtaining a li…

(a) All patients shall have rights which include, but are not limited to the following: (1) To wear his or her own clothes, to keep and use his or her own personal possessions including his or her toilet articles; and to keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of his or her…

Conservator means a person appointed by the court to take care of the person or the property, or both, of a conservatee under Section 5350, et seq., of the Welfare and Institutions Code or under Section 1701, et seq., of the Probate Code.

(a) No skilled nursing facility shall make or disseminate false or misleading statements or advertise by any other manner or means any false or misleading claims regarding facilities or services provided. (b) No skilled nursing facility shall use the words “Approved by the Califo…

(a) There shall be written patient care policies, procedures and job descriptions developed and maintained governing the provision of social service within the intermediate care facility, including all of the requirements of Section 73449, and the relating of these services to ot…

(a) USEPA notification requirements. (1) Except as provided in subsections (a)(2) and (b) of this section, a universal waste handler shall have sent written notification of universal waste management to the Regional Administrator, and received a federal ID Number, before accumula…

(a) Patients have the rights enumerated in this section and the facility shall ensure that these rights are not violated. The facility shall establish and implement written policies and procedures which include these rights and shall make a copy of these policies available to the…

Unless amended pursuant to section 68100, the duration of a hazardous waste environmental technology certification is three (3) years. The duration of the certification shall be specified in each instance within the certification statement published in the California Regulatory N…

(a) Occupational therapy is a service ordered by the licensed healthcare practitioner acting within the scope of his or her professional licensure, in which selected purposeful activity is used as treatment in the rehabilitation of persons with a physical or emotional disability.…

Registered domestic partner shall have the same meaning as defined in Family Code Sections 297 and 297.5.

“Art therapist” means a person who has a masters degree in art therapy or in art with emphasis in art therapy, including an approved clinical internship from an accredited college or university; or a person who is registered or eligible for registration with the American Art Ther…

(a) Records shall be permanent, either typewritten or legibly written with pen and ink and shall be kept on all patients admitted or accepted for treatment. All health and social records of discharged patients shall be completed and filed within 30 days and such records shall be …

“Greatest economic need” means having income at or below the federal official poverty line defined by the federal Bureau of the Census and published annually by the Department of Health and Human Services.

(a) The licensee shall notify the Department in writing as soon as possible and in all cases at least 30 days prior to the effective date of cancellation of a special permit. (b) Any special permit cancelled pursuant to this section may be reinstated by the Department on receipt …

“Intermediate care bed classification” means beds designated for patients requiring skilled nursing and supportive care on less than a continuous basis.

(a) Patients have the rights enumerated in this section and the facility shall ensure that these rights are not violated. The facility shall establish and implement written policies and procedures which include these rights and shall make a copy of these policies available to the…

(a) The event manager is the “person in charge of an event”, including the person responsible for registering the event with the Department and the person responsible for the assessment, collection, and remittance fees, and is personally liable for fees and penalties, if any, owe…

Speech pathology and/or audiology service means diagnostic evaluation, screening, testing and rehabilitation services for individuals with speech, hearing and/or language disorders with appropriate staff, space, equipment and supplies.

(a) An intermediate care facility shall not have more patients or beds set up for use than the number for which it is licensed except in case of emergency when temporary permission may be granted by the Director or his designee. (b) Five percent of a facility's total licensed bed…

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 67383.1, any tank system that is identified as a hazardous waste pursuant to chapter 11 of this division, and that is destined to be disposed, reclaimed or closed in place shall be exempt from regulation under thi…

(a) Each application for a license shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee as authorized by Health and Safety Code, section 1266. (1) No fee shall be refunded to the applicant if the application is withdrawn or if the application is denied by the Department. (2) An additional …

Director of Staff Development (DSD) means a licensed nurse, approved by the Department, who meets the qualification requirement as stated in section 71829 and is employed by or under contract with a nursing facility.

(a) Where bed patients are cared for, a call system shall be maintained in operating order in all nursing units. Call systems shall be maintained to provide visible and audible signal communication between nursing personnel and patients. The minimum requirements are: (1) A visibl…

Drug dispensing means the act entailing the interpretation of a prescription order for a drug or biological and the proper selection, measuring, packaging, labeling and issuance of the drug or biological for a patient.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to relieve a person from handling and managing a chemical toilet waste as a hazardous waste in accordance with the requirements of this chapter if the chemical toilet waste contains a hazardous material or is a hazardous waste as defined…

The Department may grant a producer of an extremely hazardous waste an Extremely Hazardous Waste Disposal Permit, valid up to 12 months, that specifies approved methods for the handling and disposal of a specific extremely hazardous waste that is routinely produced.

Medication means any chemical compound, remedy or noninfectious biological substance, the action of which is not solely mechanical, which may be administered to patients by any route as an aid in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease or other abnormal condition, for …

(a) Patient classification system means a method for establishing staffing requirements by unit, patient, and shift that includes: (1) A method to predict nursing care requirements of individual patients. (2) An established method by which the amount of nursing care needed for ea…