California Administrative Code

(a) The temporary payment rate shall continue until the Department converts it to a permanent payment rate pursuant to (b) through (e). (b) All vendors converting from a temporary payment rate to a permanent payment rate shall submit the service, cost and vendor income informatio…

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(a) By April 15, 1997, for Fiscal Year 1997-98, and by April 15 for each alternate fiscal year thereafter, the Department shall report the following to the Legislature: (1) The amount needed to fund the statewide fiscal impact of the gap including identification of the amount att…

(a) Once a payment rate for each in-home respite services agency vendor has been established by the Department, adjustments to that rate shall be considered by the Department, for either anticipated or unanticipated changes, in accordance with (b) and (c). (b) Anticipated changes…

(a) A vendor may appeal the following to the Department's Deputy Director who has the responsibility for setting rates: (1) Errors in service and/or cost and/or vendor income and/or, as applicable, regional center payment information submitted by the vendor which was utilized by …

(a) The appeal filed pursuant to section 58440 shall be in writing and shall include the following: (1) Vendor service information specified in section 58033 (a)(1) through (4); (2) Identification of the rate error or effective date being appealed; (3) The specific basis of the a…

(a) The appellant may appeal the Deputy Director's decision to the Director within 15 days after receipt of the written decision. The appeal shall be in writing and shall include the following: (1) All information submitted to the Deputy Director pursuant to section 58441(a); (2)…

(a) For the purposes of sections 58440 through 58444, good cause for a failure to act is limited to: (1) A violent act of nature, including, but not limited to, flood, earthquake, blizzard or fire; and/or (2) Arson, vandalism, and/or theft of records and/or property, by individua…

Words shall have their usual meaning unless the context or a definition clearly indicates a different meaning. Words used in their present tense include the future tense. Words used in the singular form include the plural form. Use of the word “shall” denotes mandatory conduct an…

(a) The following definitions shall apply to the regulations contained in this subchapter: (1) “Basis for Payment” means the method used to calculate and determine the rate of payment; (2) “Bid” means all the documents submitted by the bidder to the regional center in response to…

(a) The regional center shall purchase transportation service only when: (1) The transportation service is included in the consumer's IPP; (2) The vendor has a rate approved by the Department or the regional center; (3) Provision of the transportation service is not the responsib…

(a) The following vendors shall retain the records specified in (b) below: (1) Transportation Companies--Service Code 875, pursuant to Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 54342(a)(82); (2) Transportation--Additional Component--Service Code 880, pursuant to Title 17,…

(a) A contract for transportation service between a regional center and a vendor shall be in writing, except as provided in subsection (b) below, and shall not exceed five years including all amendments. (b) The following shall not require written contracts: (1) Temporary transpo…

(a) Entities that are vendored, or meet the requirements for the following types of vendors, shall be eligible to submit a bid through the competitive procurement process: (1) Transportation Companies--Service Code 875, pursuant to Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Sectio…

(a) The regional center's RFP evaluation committee shall complete the following in the sequence indicated: (1) Review all bids to determine which bids, if any, meet the format and bid submission requirements specified in the RFP; (2) Review each bid which meets the format and bid…

(a) Transportation Assistant - Service Code 882, as described in Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 54342(a)(79), shall be paid a rate in accordance with the vendor's usual and customary rate. (b) Transportation - Medical - Service Code 885, as described in Title 1…

(a) A regional center may enter into a contract for the provision of transportation service in which the rate of payment, including the rate for transportation aide services, if any, is based upon a Standard Rate Schedule (SRS). The regional center may enter into such contracts o…

(a) Each regional center shall provide SLS orientation for any regional center staff assigned to SLS-related responsibilities, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Regional center policy-making; (2) Vendoring of SLS providers; (3) Resource development; (4) Supervisin…

(a) Each SLS vendor shall be responsible for SLS orientation of the SLS vendor's paid and unpaid staff, whose duties include the direction or supervision of SLS, or direct service delivery of the services defined in Title 17, Section 54349(a), (b), and (c). (b) SLS orientation fo…

(a) Through its ratesetting procedure, the Department shall allow increased costs incurred in the historical period for program expansion only if such costs for expansion were approved by the Department, in writing, prior to the expenditure. This policy shall apply only to major …

(a) Unless otherwise ordered, all hearings on petitions for review shall be submitted at the close of the hearing unless otherwise extended by the hearing officer or provided in these rules. Within a reasonable period of time after the proceeding is submitted, the hearing officer…

(a) All actions required pursuant to these rules shall be completed within the times specified in this article, unless extended by the hearing officer upon a showing of good cause, after consideration of prejudice to other parties. Requests for extensions of time for the filing o…

(a) A request for reconsideration of a state board's order or decision regarding a petition for review of an executive officer decision shall be signed by the party or its representative and verified under oath. The request shall be based upon one or more of the following grounds…

(a) If no request for reconsideration of state board's order or decision is filed within 30 days of the service of an order or decision, the initial order or decision of the state board shall become final. The effective date of the final order or decision shall be the date set fo…

(a) A party adversely affected by a final decision of the state board, may seek judicial review by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with section 1094.5 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. The right to petition shall not be affected by the failure to se…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the original of every pleading, petition, letter, document, or other writing served in a proceeding under these rules shall be filed with the designated hearing officer. (b) Unless otherwise required, service of any documents in t…

(a) Any motion or request for action by the hearing officer relating to any proceeding pending before him or her filed by any party, except those made orally on the record at the hearing, shall be in writing and shall be directed to the hearing officer, with written notice and pr…

Except where public disclosure of information or exhibits is restricted by law, records of the state board are public records and are available to the public pursuant to section 91000, et seq., Title 17, California Code of Regulations.

(a) The definitions applicable to these rules include those set out in the Health and Safety Code (commencing with section 39010) and in Title 13, California Code of Regulations, section 1969(c). The definitions set forth in Title 17, California Code of Regulations, section 60065…

(a) In proceedings where a party, a party's representative, or a party's expected witness requires an interpreter for any language, including sign language, that party shall be responsible for notifying the hearing office as soon as the requirement is known, but no later than ten…

(a) The hearing officer shall have authority to review matters arising under Health and Safety Code section 43105.5 and title 13, CCR, section 1969(k). Such authority shall include those matters in which: (1) A motor vehicle manufacturer or engine manufacturer has contested a not…

(a) The hearing officer shall disqualify himself or herself and withdraw from any case in which he or she cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing. (b) A hearing officer may not hear any case in which he or she has previously served as an investigator, prosecutor, or advocate. …

“ABGC” means the American Board of Genetic Counseling.

“Genetic counseling” means: (a) Obtaining and evaluating individual, family, and medical histories to determine genetic risk for genetic/medical conditions and diseases in a patient, his/her offspring, and other family members; (b) Discussing the features, natural history, means …

“Genetic counselor” means an individual who holds a current and valid genetic counselor license or temporary genetic counselor license issued by the Department and who may engage in the practice of genetic counseling under this Subchapter.

A genetic counselor license or temporary genetic counselor license shall be revoked, and the application for an initial license or license renewal shall be denied, by the Department if the licensee or applicant: (a) Knowingly makes a false statement of fact or omits to state a fa…

“Birth attendant” means any person licensed or certified by the State to provide maternity care and to deliver pregnant women or to practice medicine.

“Newborn's physician” means the physician caring for the newborn or infant in the perinatal licensed health facility's normal newborn nursery or neonatal intensive care unit or in the outpatient community after discharge.

“Newborn Screening” means the testing of infants to identify those at increased risk for certain genetic and other congenital disorders for which early identification and treatment may prevent disability and/or death.

“Newborn Screening Specimen” means a blood sample taken from an infant that is collected on CALIFORNIA NEWBORN SCREENING TEST REQUEST FORM (NBS-TRF) (CDPH-4409).

“Newborn Screening Test” means a biochemical or other assay of blood spots collected from an infant for the purpose of determining whether the newborn might be at increased risk for certain genetic and other congenital disorders for which early identification and treatment may pr…

“Out-of-Hospital Newborn Screening Providers” means: (a) All healthcare professionals including, but not limited to, licensed midwives (LM), certified nurse midwives (CNM), registered nurses (RN), physician assistants (PA), pediatric nurse practitioners (PNP), physicians/medical …

“Perinatal licensed health facility” means any health facility licensed by the State and approved to provide perinatal, delivery, newborn intensive care, newborn nursery or pediatric services.

“Repeat specimen” means a specimen collected from a newborn following the newborn screening laboratory's report that a previously collected specimen was either inadequate or that test results were inconclusive.

“Repeat test” means a test required by this Group to be repeated for a newborn because the previous specimen or test results were inadequate or test results were not complete.

“Sickle cell counselor” means a person who: (a) Is a physician, or has a master's degree in genetic counseling and is board eligible or board certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling, or is certified by the Department of Public Health as having successfully completed…

“Transfer” means release of the newborn from care and custody of one perinatal licensed health facility to care and custody of another perinatal licensed health facility, or admission to another perinatal licensed health facility of a newborn from an out-of-state facility.

Except for provisions in § 6501.2 and § 6502, each newborn born in California shall be tested for galactosemia, hereditary hemoglobinopathies, phenylketonuria, primary congenital hypothyroidism and disorders authorized for testing in Health and Safety Codes 124977, 124980 and 125…

The provisions of Section 6501 shall not apply if the newborn has a condition almost certain to be fatal in the first 30 days of life. The prognosis shall be documented in the medical record.

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