California Administrative Code

All plans shall begin regular annual reporting of the Annual Payment File and Pharmacy Rebate File, as described in Section 97342, for the calendar year of 2025. These initial annual files shall be submitted by September 30, 2026.

(a) Required Data Use Agreements. (1) Prior to receiving confidential data pursuant to an approved data application: (A) Each approved applicant shall execute a confidential data use agreement. (B) Each person who will observe, use, or control confidential data under an approved …

(a) For specific data applications, the Department may reduce program data prices on the Department's price schedule if it determines there is good cause for reduction, supported by documentation. Good cause includes, but is not limited to: (1) the financial hardship of data appl…

(a) Data users shall not include PII or record-level information about patients or individual consumers in their public data products. Data users shall only include aggregated and deidentified data about patients or individual consumers in their public data products. (1) To deide…

(a) Timing of Review of Notice. For purposes of this subsection, a notice shall be deemed complete by the Office on the date when all of the information required by section 97438 of these regulations has been submitted to the Office by all health care entities who are parties to …

(a) Office Determination Whether to Conduct a Cost and Market Impact Review (CMIR). (1) The Office shall base its decision whether to conduct a CMIR on any of the following factors: (A) The transaction may result in a negative impact on the availability or accessibility of health…

Designation agreement means the document containing the approval and authority for a facility to participate in the Postsurgical Recovery Care Demonstration Project.

Designee means the legal entity, corporation, joint venture, partnership or individual that has been designated by the Office to operate a facility.

Dietetic service means the provision of safe, satisfying and nutritionally adequate food for patients.

Licensed vocational nurse means a person licensed as such by the California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners.

Medical emergency means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy, serious…

Medical staff means the facility's Medical Director and all physicians, podiatrists and dentists who have staff privileges at the facility.

Attending surgeon means a physician, podiatrist or dentist who practices surgery and who is on the staff of the facility or who has staff privileges and who has the responsibility for the medical care of an individual facility patient.

A patient means an individual admitted by a Postsurgical Recovery Care Facility to receive services.

Patient chart means the total record of a patient's care in the facility.

Each facility shall retain a consultant pharmacist to develop policies for, coordinate, supervise, and review the pharmaceutical service. There shall be a written agreement between the consultant pharmacist and the facility which includes the duties and responsibilities of both.

(a) Each facility shall adopt written policies and procedures governing the provision of pharmaceutical services. The policies shall be approved by the Office, the governing body, the Administrator, the Medical Director, and the consultant pharmacist. Procedures shall be approved…

(a) Drugs shall only be administered by authorized licensed personnel and upon the order of a person lawfully authorized to prescribe. This shall not preclude the administration of aerosol drugs by respiratory care practitioners. (b) The order for drugs shall include the name of …

(a) Policies and procedures to govern the provision of dietetic services shall be developed and maintained by the consultant dietitian in consultation with representatives of the medical staff, nursing staff and administration. Policies and procedures shall be approved by the Med…

(a) The dietetic service shall provide food of the quality and quantity to meet the patient's needs in accordance with physicians' orders and, to the extent medically possible, to meet the daily Recommended Dietary Allowances, 1980 Edition, adopted by the Food and Nutrition Board…

(a) A facility may contract to have food supplied by an outside food service. (b) If food is provided by an outside food service, all applicable requirements herein set forth shall be met. (c) If food is provided by an outside food service, the facility shall maintain adequate sp…

(a) Equipment and supplies in each facility shall be of the quality and in the quantity necessary for care of patients as ordered or indicated. (b) In addition, each facility shall have all equipment and supplies necessary for life support, including but not limited to, airway co…

Each facility shall have written policies concerning qualifications, responsibilities, and conditions of employment for each type of personnel. Such policies shall include but not be limited to: (a) Wage scales, hours of work, and all employee benefits. (b) A plan for an orientat…

Any outbreak or undue prevalence of infectious or parasitic disease or infestation shall be reported to the local health officer in accordance with section 2502, part 1, chapter 4, subchapter 1, article 1 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, and shall also be report…

Occurrences such as epidemic outbreaks, poisonings, fires, major accidents or death from unnatural causes, or other catastrophes and unusual occurrences which threaten the welfare, safety or health of patients, personnel or visitors, shall be reported by the facility within 24 ho…

(a) The Office may withdraw or suspend, in whole or in part, demonstration project designation by the service of an accusation upon an authorized representative of a facility. The accusation shall state facts that give rise to the withdrawal or suspension. The withdrawal or suspe…

(a) The hearing shall be held by an employee of the Office delegated the responsibility to conduct the hearing by the Director. The formal rules of evidence shall not apply. A facility may but need not be represented by counsel. The hearing will be tape recorded by the Office. Th…

Data specified in sections 97560.1, 97560.3, and 97560.5 and additional data required by the Office shall be provided to the Office at such times as the Office may require, in accordance with procedures developed by the Office to protect confidentiality of patient information.

(a) A scholarship for each academic period may consist of: (1) Tuition (shall not exceed the amount actually charged by a participating school or institution); (2) Reasonable educational expenses including required fees, books, supplies, and educational equipment; and (3) A month…

(a) Each person desiring a scholarship shall submit a completed application, which shall include information and documentation to establish the following: (1) County of residence; (2) Acceptance to or enrollment as a part-time or full-time student in an associate degree nursing p…

(a) Only persons who reside in a county in need and who are accepted to or enrolled as a part-time or full-time student in an associate degree nursing program may be eligible for this scholarship program. (b) Consideration shall be given to: (1) An applicant's economic need; and …

(a) A scholarship for each academic year may consist of: (1) Tuition; and (2) Reasonable educational expenses, including required fees, books, supplies, and educational equipment. (b) For a scholarship that supports the vocational nursing student, the total scholarship amount per…

(a) Each person desiring a scholarship shall submit a completed application. (b) For an applicant who is a vocational nursing student, a completed scholarship application shall include information and documentation to establish the following: (1) Acceptance to or enrollment as a …

(a) The scholarship award shall be issued on behalf of the recipient to the educational institution where the recipient is enrolled. (b) The educational institution shall deduct tuition and other fees charged by the school and then issue a check for any balance of the scholarship…

(a) Loan repayments shall be made on a quarterly basis. (b) Loan repayments shall be conditioned upon the recipient providing: (1) Quarterly reports substantiating service in or through a qualified facility or in a mental health professional shortage area in California, and (2) U…

(a) Each person desiring a loan repayment shall submit a completed application. (b) The completed loan repayment application shall include information and documentation to establish the following: (1) Proof of licensure, including license number issued by the California Board of …

For purposes of this article: (a) “Code” means the Health and Safety Code. (b) “Office” means the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. (c) “Employment” means the contractual work relationship between the practice setting and the physician. (d) “Full-time status” o…

§ 98259. Notice of the Availability of Accessible Facilities. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I05C609755B6211EC9451000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitio…

In proposing and revising designated floodways, the board must consider all of the following: (a) Existing and projected federal, state, and local flood control improvements and regulations affecting the flood plain; (b) The degree of danger from flooding to life, property, publi…

It is the board's policy to permit agricultural land use and the development of suitable wetlands within the Yolo Bypass and Sutter Bypass. The supplemental standards protect the flood control functions of the Yolo and Sutter Bypasses, safeguard existing agricultural land use, an…

The board's determination that a person is required to pay a fee, or determination regarding the amount of the fee, shall be subject to reconsideration under chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1120) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Water Code. Any petition for reconsideration shall…

The board shall furnish a copy of the map or maps showing the limits of the designated floodway to the county engineer, the county planning department, and other interested parties.

(a) The removal of earthen material and related activities within the limits of an adopted plan of flood control are subject to the provisions of this division. The board may limit borrow and excavation activities based on the area's hydraulics, hydrology, sediment transport, and…

(a) A person who files a notice under division 2, part 5 (commencing with section 4999) of the Water Code, shall pay to the board a filing fee of $50 except as provided in subdivision (b). (b) A person who files a notice under division 2, part 5 (commencing with section 4999) of …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a fee imposed under this chapter for an activity involving the diversion or use of water for the purpose of diverting water for hydropower generation shall be calculated as follows: (1) At a facility licensed, or subject to licensing, by…

(a) Annual fees shall be imposed based on the fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). Annual fees shall be based on the regulations in effect at the time of assessment. Except as otherwise provided in section 1062, subdivision (b) and section 1064, subdivision (b), filing fees shal…

These standards govern the design and construction of encroachments which affect the flood control works and floodways and are used by the board for the regulation of encroachments. The standards apply to any work within the limits of, or which can affect, any authorized flood co…

(a) The following definitions apply to this section: (1) Existing Dwelling -- “Existing Dwelling” means a building used for human habitation constructed within a floodway prior to the adoption of the floodway as an authorized flood control project, as a plan of flood control, or …

(a) The following definitions apply to this section: (1) Existing Mobile Home Park -- “Existing Mobile Home Park” means any area within a floodway on which two (2) or more mobile homes have been maintained prior to the adoption of the area as an authorized flood control project, …

Additional borrow standards have been established for the removal of material from the floodway of the Yuba River. These additional standards supplement and, where in conflict with, supersede standards in section 116, Borrow and Excavation Activities - Land and Channel. (a) Mater…