California Administrative Code

The referral agency shall maintain records which shall be available for review by the Department or licensing agency.

(a) The Department shall withhold or suspend funds in accordance with the provisions of this article to encourage prompt corrective action when an AAA has been found to be in material noncompliance, as specified in (b), by the Department. (b) Noncompliance shall include, but not …

Facility records shall contain names, addresses and categories of licensure for all health facilities with which the referral agency does business.

(a) Accounting records shall contain billing records, including copies of invoices and copies of receipts for each and every financial transaction conducted in the course of the referral agency's business. (b) There shall be on file in the referral agency a copy of each service a…

(a) Personnel records shall contain: full name, age, Social Security number, position classification, date of beginning employment and date of termination, educational and experience qualifications, dates and types of in-service training received and professional license or regis…

(a) Each licensee shall furnish to the Department annually, on or before March 15, a fiscal report of its activities during the preceding calendar year, on forms supplied by the Department. The fiscal report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of clients served. …

(a) The Department shall suspend an AAA's grant in whole or in part, by temporarily withdrawing its authority to obligate certain previously awarded grant funds before that authority would otherwise expire, under either of the following circumstances: (1) The Department has tempo…

Referral agency services are those services which include patient screening, facility information, counseling procedures and referral services to ensure placement of patients according to their needs. Additional counseling services may be offered, as provided in this chapter.

(a) The referral agency shall verify all information concerning any health facility before supplying such information to the client. (b) Each member of the referral agency staff providing direct service to clients shall be aware of the following information with respect to each h…

(a) The referral agency shall refer the patient to appropriate health facilities capable of meeting his particular needs. (b) The referral agency shall refer each client to a minimum of three health facilities if three or more satisfactory facilities are available in the area. (c…

(a) The referral agency shall adopt written personnel policies concerning the qualifications, responsibilities and conditions of employment for each type of personnel, which shall be available to all personnel. The policies shall include: (1) Wage scales, hours of work, vacation …

(a) The referral agency shall have written policies and procedures describing the in-service training program for all employees rendering direct service to clients. In-service training shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Instruction in all policies and procedures of the ref…

“Subdivision” means a component of a health agency such as the home care department of a hospital or the nursing division of a health department which independently meets the home health agency licensing requirements of the Department.

“Branch office” means a home health agency established and administered by a parent home health agency, providing services within a portion of the total service area served by the parent agency. Patients are accepted for service by the branch office at a separate location from th…

The home health agency must disclose the following information to the Department at the time of the home health agency's initial request for licensure, at the time of each survey, and at the time of any change in ownership or management: (a) The name and address of each person wi…

(a) Changes Requiring New Application. An application shall be submitted to the Department within 10 working days whenever a change of ownership occurs. A change of ownership shall be deemed to have occurred where, among other things, when compared with the information contained …

(a) Administrative policies shall be established and implemented by the agency. (b) These policies and procedures shall be reviewed and revised as necessary. The policies and procedures shall be made available upon request to patients or their representatives and to Department re…

(a) All agencies shall require health assessments and maintain health records for employees with direct patient contact. (b) A written health assessment of each employee who has direct patient contact shall: (1) Be required as a prerequisite of employment. (2) Be performed within…

Each agency on or before the 15th day of March of each year shall file with the Department, upon forms furnished by the Department, a verified report for the preceding calendar year upon all matters requested by the Department. This report may include data pertaining to age of pa…

Registered nurse means a person licensed as such by the California Board of Registered Nurses.

A signed application shall be submitted to the Department for prior approval in any of the following circumstances: (1) Establishment of a clinic. (2) Addition of a special service to a licensed clinic. (3) Change of ownership. (4) Change of license classification. (5) Operation …

(a) In addition to the contents of an application as required by Section 1212 of the Health and Safety Code, an application shall contain the following: (1) The applicant's principal place of business. (2) The date and state of incorporation for all incorporated applicants, corpo…

(a) The application fee for licensure shall not be refunded to the applicant if the application is withdrawn by the applicant or denied by the Department. (b) An application for a special permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $30.00 in addition to the basic licensing fee.

(a) Every medical clinic shall have a licensed physician designated as the professional director. The professional director may be a dentist or podiatrist, where only dental or podiatric services are provided. (b) The professional director's responsibilities, acting alone or thro…

(a) Every medical clinic shall employ a registered nurse responsible for nursing services. (b) A licensed nurse shall be present whenever nursing services are provided. (c) Qualified nursing personnel shall be employed to meet the needs of the particular clinic. The number and ty…

(a) Health personnel shall be employed to furnish the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic services prescribed for patients accepted for care by the clinic. Such health personnel shall be qualified in accordance with current legal, professional and technical standards and shall…

(a) Each clinic shall have equipment and supplies available to provide for the medical, dental or podiatric services offered and to meet the needs of the particular patients served. (b) The clinic shall have equipment available for emergency treatment of patients. Such equipment …

(a) A clinic which provides drug distribution service shall provide such service in conformance with state, federal and local laws. (b) All dangerous drugs not owned by and stored in a licensed pharmacy shall be owned by a licensed physician, dentist or podiatrist. (c) A list of …

(a) The clinic shall recruit qualified personnel and provide initial orientation of new employees, a continuing in-service training program, and supervision designed to improve patient services and employee efficiency. Personnel shall be given training in infection control and em…

(a) Each clinic shall establish and maintain a patient health record service which is systematically organized to provide a complete accurate correlated, and current health records for each patient which is filed in a centrally located area. (b) Personnel, space, equipment and su…

Each clinic shall provide for the cleaning of articles, equipment and surfaces such as furniture, walls, exhaust grills and light and plumbing fixtures.

(a) Solid wastes shall be stored and disposed of in a manner that will not permit the transmission of a communicable disease, create a nuisance, provide a breeding place or food source for insects or rodents or permit public access. (b) Solid waste containers shall be stored and …

Infectious waste, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 25117.5, shall be handled and disposed of in accordance with the Hazardous Waste Control Law, Chapter 6.5, Division 20, Health and Safety Code (beginning with Section 25100) and the regulations adopted thereunder (beg…

(a) Each birth service shall maintain the equipment and supplies necessary to provide the services offered, including at least the following: (1) Double or single size bed. (2) Equipment for maintaining infant body temperature and ventilation. (3) Portable emergency light source.…

(a) Each birthing room shall have an area which can accommodate the equipment and supplies required in Section 75079 and the staff required in Section 75081. There may be no more than one mother in this area at any given time. (b) A toilet and handwashing sink shall be maintained…

Automated reuse machine means a machine which has been recognized by the Department and the Food and Drug Administration as being safe and effective for automated reprocessing of hemodialyzers.

A dialysis facility means a licensed free-standing specialty clinic which provides less than 24-hour care for the treatment of patients with End-stage Renal Disease, including provision of renal dialysis services or a general acute care hospital having a special permit to provide…

Dialysis treatment means the act of performing hemodialysis therapy on a patient with a hemodialysis filter at a dialysis facility.

(a) Dialyzer, artificial kidney, hemodialyzer, or hemodialysis filter means an apparatus, excluding in-line blood filters and tubing, by which hemodialysis may be performed. (b) Types of dialyzers include: (1) Coil, which incorporates a membrane in the form of a flattened tube wh…

Documentation means any record, form, notice, or other written material used by the dialysis facility to comply with the requirements of this Article.

Fiber bundle volume or FBV, means the aggregate volume of the hollow fibers contained within the blood compartment of a hollow fiber dialyzer. This volume added to the header volume equals the total cell volume of the hollow fiber dialyzer which is the volume of the blood compart…

Formaldehyde disinfectant means an aqueous dilution of formaldehyde solution ESP.

Performance means the solute and fluid removal capabilities of the dialyzer.

(a) In addition to the contents of an application as required by Section 1212, Health and Safety Code, an application shall contain the following: (1) The applicant's principal place of business. (2) The date and state of incorporation for all incorporated applicants, corporation…

The license shall be conspicuously posted in a location accessible to public view.

(a) The clinic shall complete an admission record for each patient which shall include the following: (1) Name. (2) Current address. (3) Age and date of birth. (4) Sex. (5) Diagnosis. (6) Date services began. (7) Last date of services. (8) If the patient is under guardianship or …

(a) The I&A providers shall follow-up on each referral as specified in Section 7533(b)(2)(D) and record and take action on the follow-up as specified in (d). Follow-up shall consist of contacting either of the following, as appropriate, within 30 days of the referral to ascertain…

(a) An I&A provider shall not disclose any information about an older individual, or information obtained from an older individual which in any way identifies that older individual, without the written consent of the older individual or of that older individual's legal representa…

“Autoclaving” means the process of sterilization by steam under pressure.

(a) Legal assistance shall be available and accessible throughout the PSA to the targeted groups identified in the Area Plan. (b) Each prospective legal assistance provider shall include in its bid proposal the specific techniques to be used to make potential clients aware of the…