California Administrative Code

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) Each facility shall develop and adopt a method for determining nursing staff requirements. The method shall be approved by the Office prior to use and shall be maintained as part of the records of the nursing service. (b) The method for determining nursing staff requirements …

(a) All admissions to the facility shall be planned prior to admission, in accordance with section 97520.3. (b) Admission shall be limited to persons needing postsurgical care who have had outpatient surgical procedures performed and who will need to stay at least overnight but n…

(a) The plan for admission to the facility shall be developed by the attending surgeon, and where appropriate the anesthesiologist, and the patient. The plan shall be signed prior to admission by the patient and the attending surgeon and must be concurred to in writing by the Med…

(a) Every patient must be properly identified immediately upon admission. Identification shall consist of a wrist identification bracelet indicating the patient's name, attending surgeon and chart number. The patient must verify that their identification is correct, and each pers…

(a) Each facility shall be under the direction of a governing body. The governing body shall: (1) Adopt written bylaws in accordance with legal requirements and its community responsibility which shall include but not be limited to provision for: (A) Identification of the purpose…

(a) Each facility shall maintain current, complete and accurate personnel records for all employees. (1) The record shall include: (A) Full name. (B) Social Security number. (C) Professional license or registration number and date of expiration, if applicable. (D) Employment clas…

(a) A written external disaster and mass casualty program plan shall be adopted and followed. The plan shall be developed with the advice and assistance of county or regional and local disaster planning authorities and shall not conflict with county and community disaster plans. …

The Office may suspend or withdraw demonstration project designation for any violation of this chapter, any violation of the designation agreement, or any act or omission which has or had the effect of endangering patient safety.

The Office shall determine the amount of the annual fee for each Postsurgical Recovery Care Facility and shall mail a notice of assessment at the time of designation and by July 1 of each year. The fee shall be due July 1 and shall be delinquent by July 30 unless alternative paym…

In addition to meeting the requirements of this chapter, each Postsurgical Recovery Care Facility is responsible for complying with all other applicable laws and regulations.

The following definitions shall apply to the regulations contained in this Chapter: (a) “Academic year” means a period of time, usually eight or nine months, during which a full-time college or university student would normally be expected to complete the equivalent of two semest…

(a) The Office will award scholarships under this Chapter for not more than one (1) academic year at a time. (b) The Office may enter into additional scholarship contracts if: (1) The recipient applies for an additional scholarship; (2) The additional scholarship will not extend …

(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 a medically underserved area in California, and (2) Updated lender statements. (c) The recipient shall co…

In selecting loan repayment recipients, the Foundation shall take into consideration the vocational nursing workforce needs of the state in general and of each medically underserved area.

The following definitions shall apply to the regulations in this Chapter: (a) “Contract” means a written agreement between the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (hereinafter “Office”) and a recipient of a loan repayment that obligates the recipient, in exchange …

(a) The program shall give each applicant who meets one of the threshold criteria listed in Section 128553(c) of the code one point for each of those criteria that the applicant meets and one point for each of the following criteria that the applicant meets (except that it shall …

(a) A physician who leaves the program may petition the program for reinstatement into the program. The petition shall be in writing, accompanied by those documents necessary to establish the basis for the petition, and shall be filed with the program not later than 365 calendar …

A separate First Notice and Annual Notice shall be filed for each well or surface diversion.

The notices shall contain the available information required by the forms provided by the board and shall be prepared in accordance with the instructions contained therein.

(a) Annual filing fees shall be based on the regulations in effect at the time of filing. Annual filing fees for the report for the prior water year are due and payable on April 1, or thirty days after the Board issues an invoice, whichever is later. (b) The Board may waive requi…

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…

(a) Upon adoption of a plan of flood control, an existing facility or use shall be allowed to continue as provided below: (1) A permit or order shall be automatically issued for all conforming existing facilities and uses. The facility or use may not be changed, extended, or expa…

(a) An application for an encroachment permit for a use that is not consistent with the board's standards as outlined in Article 8 requires a variance approved by the board. (b) When approval of an encroachment requires a variance, the applicant must clearly state in the applicat…

A person or public agency adversely affected by a decision described in section 109 is entitled to board review at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board after receipt of a written request directed to the Executive Officer of the board stating the facts and circumstances upon…

(a) The standards for construction of wharves, piers, docks, boat houses, ramps, and similar boating facilities, are as follows: (1) Boat ramps may not be cut into the levee section, but may be cut into a berm or placed on a fill. (2) Boating facilities must be properly anchored …

(a) The standards for construction or modification of bridges within an adopted plan of flood control are as follows: (1) Any excavation within the levee section or near bridge supports within the floodway must be backfilled in four- (4) inch to six- (6) inch layers with approved…

(a) Except where approval of permits has been delegated to the Executive Officer pursuant to section 5, an evidentiary hearing shall be held for any matter that requires the issuance of a permit. (b) The requirement for an evidentiary hearing may be satisfied for permit applicati…

(a) It is the purpose of this section to incorporate and implement the informal hearing procedures and Administrative Adjudication Bill of Rights in Chapter 4.5 of the Administrative Procedure Act (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Governmen…

No encroachment may be constructed or maintained upon lands owned in fee by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, except when expressly permitted by a proper and revocable license, lease, easement, or agreement executed between the owner of the encroachment and the di…

(a) The board may charge and collect a reasonable fee from an applicant proposing a project for which the board must prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) or initial study and negative declaration. The fee will be an amount which will cover the costs incurred by the board …

The board may order two or more proceedings which are legally or factually related to be considered or heard together unless any party thereto makes a sufficient showing of prejudice.

This article outlines the procedure that the Department and the Board will follow to notify public agencies to establish necessary flood plain regulations.