California Administrative Code

(a) Hospitals may use any of the following methods to communicate with CCORP: (1) Hotline: 916-326-3865 (2) Email: [email protected] (3) Fax: 916-445-7534 (b) The OSHPD website address is www.oshpd.ca.gov

(a) No person shall willfully interfere with any lawful action of the Office. Violations of this Section may be the basis for the assessment of a civil penalty under Section 8045. No person shall: (1) Willfully interfere with entry into a long-term care facility by duly authorize…

(a) Effective with discharges on or after January 1, 2023, the patient's address shall be reported. The address shall include the address number and street name, city, state, and ZIP Code. Do not report the address of the hospital. If more than one address is available for the pa…

(a) The hearing officer will notify the hospital, the patient who filed the complaint, and the Department of the hearing date and time at least 60 calendar days in advance. (b) The hospital and the Department shall provide copies of all proposed exhibits and list of witnesses to …

(a) Each resident shall have personal rights which include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings, and equipm…

(a) The licensee, assistant caregivers, on-call assistance and any other persons providing specialized in-home health care shall comply with the following requirements: (1) Prior to caring for a child with special health care needs or when the child's needs change, the in-home he…

(a) A vendor may request in writing to the Department's Administrator Certification Section Manager a review of a notice of deficiency or notice of penalty within ten (10) working days of receipt of the notice. This review shall be conducted by a higher level staff person other t…

(a) The Department may reduce or waive the fine due to good cause based on a thorough assessment of the evidence and documentation provided by the appellant party. (b) The Hearing Officer shall prepare a recommended decision for the Director of the Department; the recommended dec…

(a) The Department may review actual or suspected health-related conditions, including those specified in Section 80092, to determine if a client is appropriately placed in the facility and if the client's health-related needs are being met. The Department will inform the license…

(a) The Department may revoke a Continuing Education Training Program approval and remove the vendor from the list of approved vendors if the vendor does not provide training consistent with Sections 87788, Continuing Education Training Program Vendor Requirements, and 87789, Con…

(a) Effective with discharges occurring on or after January 1, 2023, in order to describe the patient's source of admission, it is necessary to address two aspects of the source: first, the point of patient origin for this admission; and second, the route by which the patient was…

As used in this Article: (a) “Annual Consolidated Financial Report” is defined as the financial statements of a consolidated group of entities that include a parent and all its subsidiaries presented as those of a single economic entity, in accordance with the Consolidation Topic…

(a) The licensee shall ensure that staff who provide emergency medical assistance and injections to a child are trained as specified in Health and Safety Code section 1507.25. (1) Prior to administering emergency medical assistance and injections to a child, a staff member shall …

The provisions of Chapters 1 and 8, Division 6 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations shall not apply to the provisions of Chapter 8.5, Division 6, Residential Care Facilities For the Chronically Ill.

(a) A licensee shall not be required to admit or continue to care for any client whose incapacities, as documented by the initial or subsequent needs appraisals, would require the licensee to handle such client's cash resources. (b) If such a client is admitted for or maintained …

Any adult shall be permitted to apply on the applicant's behalf for a license regardless of age, sex, race, religion, color, political affiliation, national origin, disability, marital status, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, or ancestry.

(a) Extensions are available to reporting facilities that are unable to complete the submission of reports by the due date prescribed in Section 97211. (1) Requests for extension shall be filed on or before the required due date of the report by using the extension request screen…

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Department, the certificate shall be considered forfeited under any of the following conditions: (1) The Department has revoked any license held by the certificate holder after the Department issued the certificate. (2) The Department has issue…

(a) All hospital documents provided or made available to a patient under the Act or this chapter shall comply with the following accessibility requirements: (1) Be designed and presented in a way that is easy to read and understand by a patient. (2) Use a sans serif font in at le…

(a) A licensee shall not operate a facility beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license. (1) Unemancipated minors who are not residing in the facility with a guardian or custodial parent shall be prohibited from residing in the facility. (2) The maximum capacit…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, all violations arising out of an investigation resulting from a complaint filed by a patient pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 127436(b), are subject to one penalty assessment. (b) For purposes of this chapter, “investigation” is def…

(a) In addition to Section 80066, the following shall apply. (b) The licensee shall maintain the following personnel records: (1) Complete job descriptions on all positions within the facility. (2) A description of all staff assignments, including information regarding lines of a…

(a) The licensee shall be permitted to accept or retain a resident who requires feeding through a naso gastric tube, under the following circumstances: (1) The resident is physically and mentally able to perform all aspects of the procedure him/herself. OR (2) All aspects of the …

(a) Facility personnel shall be competent to provide the services necessary to meet individual client needs and shall, at all times, be employed in numbers necessary to meet such needs. (b) The licensing agency shall have the authority to require any licensee to provide additiona…

(a) A licensee shall not be required to accept for admission or continue to care for any resident whose incapacities, as documented by the initial or subsequent needs appraisals, would require the licensee to handle such resident's cash resources. (b) If such a resident is accept…

(a) The licensee is permitted to maintain and operate an AED at the facility if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The licensee shall notify the licensing agency in writing that an AED is in the facility and will be used in accordance with all applicable federal and o…

(a) The base penalty shall be determined for each investigation resulting in one or more violations, as follows: (1) If violation(s) are identified and the patient experienced financial harm, the violation will be assessed a base penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).…

(a) A licensee may admit or retain a client who has bowel and/or bladder incontinence. (b) If a licensee admits or retains a client who has bowel and/or bladder incontinence, the licensee is responsible for all of the following: (1) Ensuring that incontinent care products appropr…

(a) Lead caregiver, caregiver and volunteer staff shall perform, at a minimum, the following duties: (1) Supervision, protection and care of children individually and in groups at all times. (2) Assistance to each child in working with a group and in handling individual problems.…

(a) The Department may prohibit an individual from serving as a member of the board of directors, executive director, or officer; being employed or allowing in a licensed facility as specified in Health and Safety Code Sections 1568.092 and 1568.093.

The forms specified in subsections (j) through (l) only apply to this chapter, Chapter 8 (Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly). The forms specified in subsections (a) through (i) also apply to the regulations in Title 22, Division 6, Chapters 5 (Group Homes) and 6 (Adult …

Reports may be tested before formal submission to the Department using the online test option. Online testing of the format and reports through the online test option, before formal transmission, is the recommended means of ensuring compliant data that meets the standards establi…

In addition to the penalties addressed in this chapter, the Department may also require corrective action as deemed necessary to achieve and demonstrate the hospital's policies and procedures for discount payment, charity care, and debt collection are in compliance with the Act a…

(a) In addition to Section 84087, the following shall apply. (b) A room used for seclusion as defined in Section 84111(s)(1), shall meet the following requirements: (1) No room door shall include locking or jamming devices. (2) A control for the lighting shall be located outside …

(a) The licensee shall ensure that at the time of admission, an Initial Assessment Plan which identifies the immediate needs of the child is developed and includes the following: (1) Name. (2) Age. (3) Physical limitations. (4) History of infections or contagious diseases, if kno…

(a) When a hospital uses a single application form to determine eligibility for both discount payment and charity care programs, the hospital shall make clear on the application form that: (1) For patients applying for either charity care or discount payment program eligibility, …

(a) Effective with encounters occurring on and after January 1, 2019, the race shall be as self-reported by the patient or patient's guardian in cases where the patient is not capable of providing the information. The patient's race shall be reported as up to five choices from th…

(a) The licensee shall ensure that all transportation provided for children in their care is provided in vehicles that are in safe operating condition and that drivers comply with all applicable laws. (b) No child shall be left unattended in a vehicle. (c) The licensee shall ensu…

(a) In addition to Section 80054, the following penalties shall apply: (1) The department shall assess an immediate civil penalty of $50.00 when the agency fails to provide the department with a log of certified and decertified homes for any month by the tenth day of the followin…

(a) Section 84065.7 is not applicable to community treatment facilities. (b) In community treatment facilities providing care and supervision to, 10 or fewer children, there shall be one child care staff person awake and on duty from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. (1) Another staff person sha…

(a) An individual shall be an adult residential facility certificate holder prior to being employed as an Administrator. (b) To receive his/her certificate an applicant shall: (1) Successfully complete a Department approved Initial Certification Training Program as described in S…

(a) Each social work supervisor in a foster family agency shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties: (1) Orientation and training of new social work personnel. (2) Review of oversight of social work personnel casework. (3) Ensure that assigned social work…

(a) The following monthly data files, as specified in the Data Submission Guide in conjunction with the APCD-CDL™ and, for data files submitted or resubmitted on or before March 30, 2026, the NCP Data Layout™, shall be submitted. (1) Member Eligibility File (ME) -- contains demog…

(a) All adult day programs where water for human consumption is from a private source shall meet the following requirements: (1) As a condition of initial licensure, the applicant shall provide evidence of an on-site inspection of the source of the water and a bacteriological ana…

(a) Each document specified in Section 97046.1 shall be submitted in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. (b) Documents submitted should not be scanned versions or images of paper documents. Documents submitted shall be in a text-based, machine-readable format. (c) The document…

(a) Social work personnel shall be employed to provide the social services of the foster family agency. (b) Social work personnel shall meet the following education and experience requirements: (1) A Master's Degree from an accredited or state approved graduate school, as defined…

(a) Except as specified in Section 87611(a), the licensee shall be permitted to accept or retain a resident who has contractures under the following circumstances: (1) If the contractures do not severely affect functional ability and the resident is able to care for the contractu…

(a) Within 90 days of receipt by the Department of the application specified in Section 87818, the Department shall give written notice to the applicant of one of the following: (1) The application is complete. (2) The application is deficient, describing what documents are outst…

(a) An approved project shall indicate its intention in writing to discontinue its status as a Health Workforce Pilot Project. (b) A closing report shall be submitted. This report shall include at least the following: (1) The reasons for discontinuation as a pilot project. (2) A …

(a) Each agency shall conform to all applicable rules and regulations of the Department and shall make provision for resources, either in the agency or in the community, for support of persons accepted for care; and for medical and psychiatric services for persons as needed. The …