California Administrative Code

(a) A verified application for a new license shall be submitted to the Department whenever either of the following circumstances occur: (1) Establishment of a hospital. (2) Change of ownership. (b) The licensee shall submit a verified application for a corrected license to the De…

(a) CDRHs which handle $25.00 or more per patient or $500.00 or more for all patients within any one month, shall post a bond in accordance with the following schedule: Amount Handled Bond Required bond for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of patients' funds handled (b) Each appli…

(a) (Reserved) (b) If patient care is provided by residents, interns or medical students, such care shall be in accordance with the provisions of a program approved by and in conformity with the Council on Education of the American Medical Association, the American Dental Associa…

(a) The governing body shall adopt and implement a written policy on patients' rights. (b) A list of these patients' rights shall be posted in English and in the predominant language of the community if other than English, in appropriate places within the CDRH so that such rights…

Spaces approved for specific use at the time of licensure shall not be converted to other use without the prior approval of the Department.

All personnel shall wash their hands before and after coming in direct contact with any linen or food.

(a) A written manual on maintenance of heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems shall be adopted and implemented by each CDRH, or (b) A record of maintenance shall be maintained.

Mental health worker means a person who does not necessarily qualify as a mental health professional, but who, through experience, in-service training, or formal education, is qualified to participate in the care of the psychiatric patient.

Nursing unit means a designated inmate-patient care area of a correctional treatment center which is planned, organized, operated and maintained to function as a unit. It includes patients' rooms with adequate support accommodations, services and personnel providing nursing care …

Registered nurse means a person licensed as such by the Board of Registered Nursing pursuant to Business and Professions Code Sections 2700 through 2837, inclusive.

Treatment restraint means the use of a restraining device during medically prescribed treatment or diagnostic procedures including, but not limited to, intravenous therapy, tube feeding or catheterization.

Unit health records means a patient's health record that includes all records of care and treatment rendered to an inmate-patient.

Pharmaceutical service means the procuring, manufacturing, compounding, dispensing, distributing, and storing, of drugs, biologicals, and chemicals by appropriate staff and having space, equipment, and supplies to perform that service. Pharmaceutical services also include the pro…

(a) Arrangements shall be made with pharmacists licensed by the California State Board of Pharmacy to assure that pharmaceutical services are available to provide patients with prescribed drugs and biologicals. (b) Dispensing, labeling, storage, and disposal of drugs and biologic…

(a) Containers which are cracked, soiled or without secure closures shall not be used. Drug labels shall be legible. No medication shall be dispensed by prescription except in a new container. (b) All drugs obtained by prescription shall be labeled in compliance with state and fe…

Dietary service means the provision of nutritionally adequate food for inmate-patients with appropriate staff, space, equipment and supplies.

(a) The food and nutrition needs of patients in the correctional treatment center shall be met in accordance with “Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements” (2006), by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of M…

A dietary services policy and procedure manual shall be developed and available to all personnel. The manual shall be developed with the assistance of a dietitian and other appropriate staff. The manual shall address at least the following: (a) Organization of the dietary service…

(a) A physician shall have overall responsibility for the clinical laboratory service. The physician shall be certified or eligible for certification in clinical pathology and/or pathologic anatomy by the American Board of Pathology or the American Osteopathic Board of Pathology.…

(a) Written policies and procedures shall be developed and maintained by the person responsible for the service in consultation with other appropriate health professionals and administration. Policies and procedures shall be approved by the governing body, the administration and …

(a) A physician shall have overall responsibility for the radiological service. This physician shall be certified or eligible for certification by the American Board of Radiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology. If such a radiologist is not available on a full-time…

Mental health treatment programs that provide acute 24-hour mental health care shall meet the following dedicated full-time equivalent staff to census ratio only for acute inmate-patients in any 24-hour period. This staffing pattern includes all staff that is required for the tre…

Nonacute 24-hour mental health care may be provided by any correctional treatment center meeting the basic staffing requirements specified in Section 79631, Nursing Service Staff, including the requirements for 2.5 nursing hours per patient day and by the Mental Health Treatment …

Standby emergency medical service, physician on call, means the provision of emergency medical care in a specifically designated area of the correctional treatment center which is equipped and maintained at all times to receive patients with urgent medical problems and capable of…

(a) Written policies and procedures shall be developed and maintained by the physician responsible for the service in consultation with other appropriate health professionals and administration. Policies shall be approved by the governing body. Procedures shall be approved by the…

Each inmate-patient shall be provided with a wristband identification tag or other means of identification which shall be worn at all times. Minimum information shall include the name of the inmate-patient and the name of the correctional treatment center and/or correctional inst…

(a) Equipment and supplies in each correctional treatment center shall be of the quality and in the quantity necessary for care of inmate-patients as ordered or indicated. At least the following items shall be provided and properly maintained at all times: (1) Airways. (2) Bedpan…

(a) Spaces approved for specific uses at the time of licensure shall not be converted to other uses or remodeled without the written approval of the Department, and shall also be in compliance with the requirements of the California Building Standards Code and the State Fire Mars…

(a) 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 shall be: (1) A call station or stations providing …

(a) The correctional treatment center shall be in good repair and working order. (b) The correctional treatment center shall have an organized program to ensure that the buildings and grounds are reasonably free of environmental hazards and nuisances which may adversely affect th…

(a) A licensee shall not be required to accept for admission 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 accepted for…

(a) Using the following factors, the base penalty assessed pursuant to sections 79903(b) and (c) shall be increased or decreased by up to $10,000 to calculate the final penalty: (1) The health care facility's history of compliance with Health and Safety Code section 1280.15 and o…

(a) Unless a facility is exempt from licensure as specified in Section 80007, no adult, firm, partnership, association, corporation, county, city, public agency or other governmental entity shall operate, establish, manage, conduct or maintain a community care facility, or hold o…

(a) Within 90 days of receipt of the application by the licensing agency, the licensing agency 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 outstanding and/or i…

(a) A license shall be issued for a specific capacity. (b) The number of persons for whom the facility is licensed to provide care and supervision shall be determined on the basis of the application review by the licensing agency, which shall take into consideration the following…

(a) Within 90 days of the date that a completed application, as defined in Section 80001c.(8), has been received, the licensing agency shall give written notice to the applicant of one of the following: (1) The application has been approved. (2) The application has been denied. (…

(a) An applicant or a licensee shall be charged fees as specified in Health and safety Code Section 1523.1. (b) An additional fee shall be charged when the licensee requests an increase or decrease in capacity as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1523.1(b)(1)(C). (c) Wh…

(a) Except as specified in Section 80030, which provides for issuance of a provisional license based upon substantial compliance and urgent need, the licensing agency shall deny an application for an initial license if it is determined that the applicant is not in compliance with…

(a) Except for children's residential facilities, each client 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 comfort…

(a) All facilities shall have telephone service on the premises.

(a) The licensee shall ensure that each client receives first aid and other needed medical or dental services, including arrangement for and/or provision of transportation to the nearest available services. (b) Clients shall be assisted as needed with self-administration of presc…

(a) In an adult community care facility, a 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 accordanc…

(a) The facility shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times for the safety and well-being of clients, employees and visitors. (1) The licensee shall take measures to keep the facility free of flies and other insects. (2) The licensee shall provide for the safe…

(a) A comfortable temperature for clients shall be maintained at all areas. (1) The licensee shall maintain the temperature in rooms that clients occupy between a minimum of 68 degrees F (20 degrees C) and a maximum of 85 degrees F (30 degrees C). (A) In areas of extreme heat the…

(a) A licensee of an adult CCF may accept or retain a client who has a tracheostomy if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The licensee is in compliance with Section 80092.1. (2) Either the client is mentally and physically capable of providing all routine care for his/h…

(a) In adult CCFs clients who require health services or have a health condition including, but not limited to, those specified below shall not be admitted or retained. (1) Naso-gastric and naso-duodenal tubes. (2) Active, communicable TB. (3) Conditions that require 24-hour nurs…

(a) Adult CCFs may accept or retain clients who have the conditions listed in this section only if all requirements of Article 8 are met. (b) Care for the following health conditions must be provided only as specified in Sections 80092.1 through 80092.11. (1) Use of inhalation-as…

(a) A client with a restricted health condition specified in Section 80092 may be admitted or retained in an adult CCF if all requirements in Sections 80092.1(b) through (o) are met. (b) The licensee is willing to provide the needed care. (c) Care is provided as specified in this…

(a) A licensee of an adult CCF may accept or retain a client who has a serious wound if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The licensee is in compliance with Section 80092.1. (2) The wound is either an unhealed, surgically closed incision or wound, or determined by the …

(a) Each licensee shall have and maintain on file a current, written, definitive plan of operation. (b) The plan and related materials shall contain the following: (1) Statement of purposes, and program methods and goals. (2) Statement of admission policies and procedures regardi…