Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) (1) If a licensee who is also the owner of an adult residential facility notifies the city and county of an intent to sell the property, as required by Section 1562.2, the licensee shall give the city or county the first opportunity to make an offer to purchase the property, …

(a) A licensee of an adult residential facility shall notify the city and county in which the facility is located of a proposed closure, including whether the licensee intends to sell the property or business, no later than 180 days before its proposed closure, or as soon as prac…

(a) The department, in consultation with the Director of Health Care Services and the Director of Developmental Services, shall establish a training program to ensure that licensees, operators, and staffs of adult residential facilities, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including, but not limited to Section 1562.3, vendors approved by the department who exclusively provide either initial or continuing education courses for certification of administrators of an adult residential facility as defined by the …

Any person who becomes an administrator of an adult residential facility, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, on or after July 1, 1996, shall, at a minimum, fulfill all of the following requirements: (a) Be at least 21 years of age. (b) Provide documen…

(a) The director shall ensure that, within six months after obtaining licensure, an administrator of an adult residential facility and a program director of a social rehabilitation facility shall receive four hours of training on the needs of residents who may be infected with th…

(a) The administrator of an adult residential care facility that provides services for residents who have mental illness shall ensure that a written intake assessment is prepared by a licensed mental health professional prior to acceptance of the client. This assessment may be pr…

(a) The department shall ensure that licensing personnel at the department have appropriate training to properly carry out this chapter. (b) The department shall institute a staff development and training program to develop among departmental staff the knowledge and understanding…

(a) No individual who has ever been convicted of a sex offense against a minor shall reside in a community care facility that is within one mile of an elementary school. (b) Any community care facility which is located within one mile of an elementary school shall obtain from eac…

(a) A facility shall have an emergency and disaster plan that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Evacuation procedures, including identification of an assembly point or points that shall be included in the facility sketch. (2) Plans for the facility t…

In addition to any other requirement of this chapter, an adult day program, as defined in Section 1502, shall have an emergency and disaster plan that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) Evacuation procedures. (b) Transportation arrangements. (c) A contact …

The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of this state that each county and city shall permit and encourage the development of sufficient numbers and types of residential care facilities as are commensurate with local need. The provisions of this article shall apply …

Any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter who operates, or proposes to operate a residential facility, the department or other public agency authorized to license such a facility, or any public or private agency which uses or may use the services of the facility to…

A residential facility, which serves six or fewer persons shall not be subject to any business taxes, local registration fees, use permit fees, or other fees to which other family dwellings of the same type in the same zone are not likewise subject. Nothing in this section shall …

If a county of residence agrees to pay a placement county the costs of providing services to a minor pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 740 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, all of the following shall apply: (a) The county of residence shall agree to pay the placement cou…

(a) Whether or not unrelated persons are living together, a residential facility that serves six or fewer persons shall be considered a residential use of property for the purposes of this article. In addition, the residents and operators of such a facility shall be considered a …

No fire inspection clearance or other permit, license, clearance, or similar authorization shall be denied to a residential facility because of a failure to comply with local ordinances from which such facilities are exempt under Section 1566.3, provided that the applicant otherw…

(a) (1) For purposes of this section, “bedridden” means requiring assistance in turning and repositioning in bed or being unable to independently transfer to and from bed, except in a facility with appropriate and sufficient care staff, mechanical devices, if necessary, and safet…

For the purposes of any contract, deed, or covenant for the transfer of real property executed on or after January 1, 1979, a residential facility which serves six or fewer persons shall be considered a residential use of property and a use of property by a single family, notwith…

The department shall annually prepare, with a quarterly update commencing July 1, 1979, specifying newly licensed facilities, a list or lists of all licensed community care facilities in the state, other than foster family homes, which shall include the information required by Se…

The department shall notify affected placement agencies and the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 9701 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, whenever the department substantiates that a violation has occurred, which poses a ser…

(a) By January 1, 2006, the department’s Community Care Licensing Division shall enter into memoranda of understanding with up to 10 local mental health departments that volunteer to participate. Each memorandum of understanding shall outline a formal protocol to address shared r…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if according to the rules and regulations of a mobilehome park, the park is designated as a family park or a section of a mixed mobilehome park is designated as a family section, no rule, regulation, rental agreement, or any other provi…

It is the intent of the Legislature that each county be encouraged to provide, in the county, a number and variety of licensed community care facilities, as defined in Sections 1502 and 1503 of the Health and Safety Code, commensurate to the needs of minors adjudged wards of the …

It is further the intent of the Legislature that, where city or county zoning restrictions unreasonably impair the ability of a county to serve the needs of its residents who are wards of the juvenile court, the removal of these restrictions is hereby encouraged and is a matter o…

As used in this article, the term “wards of the juvenile court” shall include minors who have been found by the juvenile court to be described by Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as well as minors who are described by Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and …

(a) No licensed community care facility may receive a ward of the juvenile court as described in Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code until the probation officer of the county in which the community care facility is located has received notice, in writing, by fax, or …

The State Department of Social Services shall provide, at cost, quarterly to each county and to each city, upon the request of the county or city, and to the chief probation officer of each county and city and county, a roster of all community care facilities licensed as small fa…

(a) Notwithstanding that a community care facility means a place that provides nonmedical care under subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 4684.50) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department shall …

(a) Notwithstanding that a community care facility means a place that provides nonmedical care under subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 4684.50) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department shall …

As used in this article the following terms apply: (a) “Consumer” or “client” means an individual who has been determined by a regional center to meet the eligibility criteria of Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and applicable regulations and for whom the regiona…

(a) Each enhanced behavioral supports home shall be licensed as an adult residential facility or a group home and certified by the State Department of Developmental Services. (b) A certificate of program approval issued by the State Department of Developmental Services shall be a…

The license applicant shall submit a facility program plan to the State Department of Developmental Services for approval and submit the approved plan to the State Department of Social Services as part of the facility plan of operation. The plan of operation shall be approved by …

The State Department of Social Services shall adopt regulations to address, at a minimum, staffing structure, staff qualifications, and training. Training requirements shall include a minimum of 16 hours of emergency intervention training. “Emergency intervention training” means …

If the State Department of Social Services determines that urgent action is necessary to protect a consumer residing in an enhanced behavioral supports home from physical or mental abuse, abandonment, or any other substantial threat to their health and safety, the State Departmen…

An enhanced behavioral supports home employing secured perimeters shall comply with Section 1531.15 and applicable regulations.

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall revoke the enhanced behavioral supports home’s facility license if the State Department of Developmental Services has decertified an enhanced behavioral supports home program certification pursuant to Article 3.6 (commencing with …

(a) A license shall not be issued pursuant to this article before emergency regulations for this article filed by the State Department of Developmental Services have been published. (b) Emergency regulations to implement this article may be adopted by the director of the State De…

This article does not interfere with the authority of the State Department of Social Services to temporarily suspend or revoke the license of an enhanced behavioral supports home pursuant to Section 1550.

This article shall not apply to existing community care facilities for wards of the juvenile court which have received city or county zoning approval prior to the effective date of this article.

A community care facility for wards of the juvenile court, which serves six or fewer persons shall not be subject to any business taxes, local registration fees, use permit fees, or other fees to which other single family dwellings are not likewise subject. Nothing in this sectio…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Consumer” or “client” means an individual who has been determined by a regional center to meet the eligibility criteria of Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and applicable regulations, and for…

(a) (1) Each community crisis home shall be licensed as an adult residential facility or a group home, pursuant to this article, and certified by the State Department of Developmental Services, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 4698) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of t…

The State Department of Social Services’ regulations shall address at least both of the following: (a) Staffing structure, staff qualifications, and training. (b) Training requirements shall include a minimum of 16 hours of emergency intervention training. “Emergency intervention…

(a) When the State Department of Social Services determines that urgent action is necessary to protect consumers residing in a community crisis home from physical or mental abuse, abandonment, or any other substantial threat to their health and safety, the State Department of Soc…

The licensee shall submit the facility program plan approved by the State Department of Developmental Services, pursuant to Section 4698 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to the State Department of Social Services as part of the facility plan of operation. The plan of operati…

If applicable, a community crisis home shall be in compliance with Section 1531.15 and the applicable regulations.

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall revoke the community crisis home’s facility license if the State Department of Developmental Services has rescinded a community crisis home’s certificate of program approval. (b) The State Department of Developmental Services and …

(a) A license shall not be issued pursuant to this article until the publication in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations of emergency regulations filed by the State Department of Developmental Services pursuant to Section 4698.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (b)…

(a) This article does not require a facility to accept, store, or retain firearms or ammunition. (b) The department shall promulgate regulations to implement this article. (c) Until regulations are adopted, the department may implement and administer the provisions of this articl…