California Administrative Code

(a) A waste is a RCRA hazardous waste if it is listed in this article, unless it has been excluded from this list pursuant to 40 CFR sections 260.20 and 260.22 or is categorized as a non-RCRA hazardous waste pursuant to section 66261.101. Wastes shall only be listed in this artic…

(a) Patient classification system means a method for establishing staffing requirements by unit, patient, and shift that includes: (1) A method to predict nursing care requirements of individual patients. (2) An established method by which the amount of nursing care needed for ea…

Physician's assistant means a person who is licensed as a physician's assistant by the Physician Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California.

Registered health information technician means a person who is registered as a health information technician by the American Health Information Management Association.

(a) Menus for regular and modified diets shall be written at least one week in advance, dated and posted in the kitchen at least three days in advance. (b) If any meal served varies from the planned menu, the change shall be noted in writing on the posted menu in the kitchen. (c)…

(a) Upon verification of compliance with licensing requirements, the Department shall issue the license to the applicant. (b) If the applicant is not in compliance with the laws or regulations, the Department shall deny the applicant a license. Immediately upon the denial of any …

For all disputes regarding a decision made by the Department under article 6, the procedures specified in sections 69507.4 through 69507.6 shall apply in lieu of the procedures set forth in sections 69507.1 and 60507.2.

(a) Patient records shall contain: patient's name and home address, age; client's name, if other than patient, and his home address; diagnosis, disabilities, name of attending physician; the amount of all fees, deposits, and remuneration received by the referral agency from the c…

(a) Any Continuing Education Training Program course shall be approved by the Department prior to being offered to certificate holders. (1) At the sole discretion of the Department, continuing education credit may be granted for training provided by the Department's licensing sta…

(a) The owner or operator of a TTU that treats hazardous waste shall be deemed to have a permit when the owner or operator complies with subsections (a)(1), (a)(2) and (a) (4) of this section and receives an acknowledgement from the Department authorizing operation of the TTU pur…

Renal transplant center means a specialized unit of a hospital for the treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease who manifest the accumulation of excessive nitrogenous waste products. The scope of services offered is comprehensive and includes acute dialysis, renal trans…

(a) Food storage areas shall be clean at all times. (b) Dry or staple food items shall be stored at least 30 centimeters (12 inches) above the floor, in a ventilated room, not subject to sewage or waste water backflow, or contamination by condensation, leakage, rodents or vermin.…

Alteration means any construction work other than maintenance in an existing building which does not increase the floor area or roof area or the volume of enclosed space.

(a) Except when the noncompliance constitutes an immediate threat to the safety, health or welfare of the older individuals being served, a temporary withholding of funds shall be the first sanction applied. (b) The Department shall notify the AAA by telegram or fax the same day …

For the purposes of informed consent, physical restraint means any physical or mechanical device or material attached or adjacent to a patient's body that the patient cannot remove easily, which has the effect of restricting the patient's freedom of movement. Physical restraint d…

Written orders for drugs shall be transmitted to the issuing pharmacy as directly as possible, either by written prescription of the prescriber by an order form which produces a direct copy of the order or by an electronically reproduced facsimile.

Dietetic service supervisor means a person who has completed the training requirements specified in section 1265.4(b) of the Health and Safety Code

(a) Drugs may be sent with the patient upon discharge if so ordered by the discharging physician. Such drugs shall be dispensed in compliance with the California Pharmacy Laws and Regulations. A record of the drugs sent with the patient shall be made in the patient's health recor…

Recreation therapist means a person with specialization in therapeutic recreation and who is registered or eligible for registration as such by the California Board of Park and Recreation Personnel or the National Therapeutic Recreation Society.

(a) An AAA's grant agreement with the Department may be voluntarily terminated prior to its expiration only under either of the following circumstances: (1) By the Department with the consent of the AAA. In this case the two parties shall agree upon the termination conditions, in…

(a) Administrative penalties assessed for a violation of Health and Safety Code, division 107, part 2, chapter 2.5, article 1 (§ 127400 et seq.) shall be calculated under this section. (b) The initial penalty for each deficiency shall be determined, considering the extent of nonc…

(a) All persons employed by the referral agency to provide direct service to clients shall be at least 18 years of age and shall meet one of the following requirements for training or experience: (1) Shall be either a registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, psychiatric techn…

Speech pathologist means a person licensed as a speech pathologist by the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board or a person who has a master's degree in the field and is authorized to practice under the supervision of a licensed speech pathologi…

Dentist means a person licensed as a dentist by the Dental Board of California.

(a) In applying restraints each of the following requirements shall be met: (1) Careful consideration shall be given to the methods by which the restraints may be speedily removed in the event of fire or other emergency. (2) Except in rooms approved by the Department for seclusio…

(a) The dietetic service shall provide food of the quality and quantity to meet each patient's needs in accordance with the physicians' orders and to meet the “Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements” (2006) by the National Research Council of the …

Registered health information administrator means a person who is registered as a health information administrator by the American Health Information Management Association.

(a) Each special disability service shall provide a therapeutic milieu facilitating the individual's ability to cope with social, emotional and physical disabilities to reestablish independence and to attain optimal potential. Each patient shall participate in a special disabilit…

The applicant must demonstrate, through the loan application process, that the groundwater in the area of the proposed groundwater remediation project poses a risk or potential risk to public health and the environment due to the release of hazardous substances. Additionally, the…

No referral agency shall refer any client to a health facility which is not licensed by the Department.

(a) Any license, or portion thereof, which has been suspended for a period of time approved by the Department shall remain subject to all renewal requirements of an active license, including the payment of license renewal fees during the period of suspension. (b) If the license i…

Licensed Vocational Nurse means a person licensed as a licensed vocational nurse by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.

For any release of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents, the human health risk assessment calculations, including, but not limited to, all cancer risk and non-cancer hazard screening levels and corrective action objectives, shall use the toxicity criteria specified in Califo…

(a) Each facility, except those skilled nursing facilities that are a distinct part of a general acute care facility or a state-owned hospital or developmental center, shall employ sufficient nursing staff to provide a minimum of 3.5 direct care service hours per patient day, exc…

(a) Written policies and procedures which the clinic shall implement shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Description of the types and scope of services which the clinic will provide. (2) Policies relating to patient care. (3) Provisions for the education of patients in prev…

(a) Written patient care policies and procedures shall be established and implemented to ensure that patient related goals and facility objectives are achieved. (b) All policies and procedures required of these regulations shall be in writing, made available upon request to physi…

Speech pathologist means a person licensed as a speech pathologist by the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board.

(a) Restraint and seclusion shall only be used on the signed order of a licensed healthcare practitioner acting within the scope of his or her professional licensure and shall be renewed every 24 hours. In a clear case of emergency, a licensed healthcare practitioner acting withi…

The purpose of these regulations is to provide guidelines for a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I) conducted prior to acquisition of a school site, or where the school district owns or leases a school site, prior to the construction of a project (hereinafter referred…

Facilities shall maintain a record which includes, for each drug ordered by prescription, the name of the patient, the drug name, and strength, the date ordered, the date and amount received and the name of the issuing pharmacy. The records shall be kept at least one year.

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

For the purposes of Health and Safety Code, Section 1250.8(b)(4)(A), “rural area” means any area which is located more than 30 miles or 30 minutes driving distance from the city hall for any metropolitan area with a population of 150,000 or more.

(a) Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiver, political subdivision of the State or other governmental agency desiring to obtain a license shall file with the Department an application. Applicants shall use the Department's forms: Application for Facility…

(a) A licensee may request in writing that a license be put in suspense. The Department may approve the request for a period not to exceed 12 months. (b) Any license which has been temporarily suspended by the Department pursuant to this section shall remain subject to all renewa…

(a) Drugs listed in Schedules II, III and IV of the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall not be accessible to other than licensed nursing, pharmacy and medical personnel designated by the licensee. Drugs listed in Schedule II of the above Act …

(a) Clinical social worker means a person who is licensed as a licensed clinical social worker by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. (b) Social work assistant means a person with a baccalaureate degree in the social sciences or related fields and who receives supervision, consulta…

Child means a person who is 13 years of age or under.

Drug administration means the act in which a single dose of a prescribed drug or biological is given to a patient by an authorized person in accordance with all laws and regulations governing such acts. The complete act of administration entails removing an individual dose from a…

(a) Each speech pathology and/or audiology service unit shall have written policies and procedures for the management of the speech pathology and/or audiology service. (b) The policies and procedures shall be established and implemented by the patient care policy committee in con…