Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Each home health agency providing home health agency services shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for a plan of treatment for patients receiving skilled nursing services. (b) Maintain clinical records on all patients. (c) Provide for the supervision of licensed and unlicen…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Thousands of patients receive home health care each year, thus preventing, postponing, and limiting the need for unnecessary institutionalization. (2) The adoption of emergency home health agency licensing regulations is n…

Any person, organization, political subdivision of the state or governmental agency desiring a license under the provisions of this chapter or a hospital as defined in Section 1401 of this division which desires to establish, conduct, or maintain a home health agency shall file w…

(a) To qualify for a home health agency license, the following requirements shall be met: (1) Every applicant shall satisfy the following conditions: (A) Be of good moral character. If the applicant is a firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, o…

(a) If a home health agency or an applicant for a license has not been previously licensed, the state department may only issue a provisional license to the agency as provided in this section. (b) A provisional license to operate a home health agency shall terminate six months fr…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 1728.1 and 1732, the department may issue a provisional license to a home health agency if: (1) The home health agency demonstrates an unmet need for home health services in the home health agency’s geographic service area. The department may consider…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department shall issue a license to a home health agency that applies to the department for a home health agency license and meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is accredited as a home health agency by an entit…

(a) A license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter shall not be transferable. (b) The department shall not approve a change of ownership of a licensed home health agency within five years of the date a license was initially issued to the licensee. Only the person, po…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the department licenses and certifies home health agencies in a reasonable and timely manner to ensure that Californians have access to critical home- and community-based services. Home health agencies have significant startu…

Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in Section 1728.95, beginning on the effective date of the act that added this section and until no later than 90 days following the effective date of the revised regulations adopted pursuant to Section 1734, the department sha…

(a) The department may grant an exception to the moratorium imposed by Section 1728.9 upon making a written finding that an applicant for a new license to operate a home health agency or add a branch office to an existing license, or with a license application pending on the effe…

Each application for a license under this chapter, except applications by the State of California or any state department, authority, bureau, commission, or officer, shall be accompanied by a Licensing and Certification Program fee for the headquarters or main office of the agenc…

(a) Each license issued under this chapter shall expire 12 months from the date of its issuance. Application for renewal of license accompanied by the necessary fee shall be filed with the state department annually, not less than 30 days prior to expiration date. Failure to make …

No person, public or private organization, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state, shall continue to operate, conduct, or maintain an existing home health agency after September 30, 1966, without having applied for and obtained a license…

Upon filing of the application for a license provided for in, and upon full compliance with, the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter by the state department, the state department shall issue to the applicant the license applied …

Every home health agency for which a license has been issued, except a facility that is certified to participate either in the Medicare program under Title XVIII (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395 et seq.) of the federal Social Security Act, or the medicaid program under Title XIX (42 U.S.C. S…

(a) The department shall adopt, and may thereafter modify, amend, or rescind, reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the prohibition of specific conduct, determined by the department to be inimical to the public health, morals, welfa…

(a) The department may grant to entities contracting with the department under the PACE program, as defined in Chapter 8.75 (commencing with Section 14591) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, exemptions from the provisions contained in this chapter in ac…

The department may deny any application for, or suspend or revoke, any license issued under the provisions of this chapter upon any of the following grounds and in the manner hereinafter provided: (a) Violation by the licensee of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any ot…

Proceedings for the denial, suspension or revocation of licenses or denial or withdrawal of approval under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Section 100171. The suspension, expiration, or forfeiture by operation of law of a license issued by the state department;…

(a) An applicant for certification as a certified home health aide shall comply with each of the following requirements: (1) Have successfully completed a training program with a minimum of 75 hours or an equivalent competency evaluation program approved by the department pursuan…

(a) A person who provides classroom and supervised practical training for a home health aide, as mandated in Section 1736.1, shall be either of the following: (1) A registered nurse who possesses a minimum of two years nursing experience, at least one year of which is in home hea…

(a) An online or distance learning training program for home health aide certification or in-service training shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) Provide online instruction in which the trainee and their approved instructor are online at the same or similar t…

(a) Certificates issued for certified home health aides shall be renewed every two years and renewal shall be conditioned on the certificate holder obtaining a criminal record clearance pursuant to Section 1736.6. (b) Certificates issued to certified home health aides shall expir…

(a) The state department shall investigate complaints concerning misconduct by certified home health aides and may take disciplinary action pursuant to Section 1736.5. (b) The department shall maintain a registry that includes the certification status of all certified home health…

(a) The department shall deny a training application and deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate issued under this article if the applicant or certificate holder has been convicted of a violation or attempted violation of any of the following Penal Code provisions: Section 187, su…

(a) (1) A criminal record clearance shall be conducted by the department for all home health aides by electronically submitting fingerprint images and related information to the Department of Justice. The Licensing and Certification Program shall issue an All Facilities Letter (A…

(a) The state department may request and maintain employment information for home health aides. (b) Within five working days of receipt of a criminal record or information from the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 1736.6, the state department shall notify the licensee an…

Any license revoked pursuant to this chapter may be reinstated pursuant to the provisions of Section 11522 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 79.)

Any licensee may, with the approval of the state department, surrender his license for suspension or cancellation by the state department. Any license suspended or canceled pursuant to this section may be reinstated by the state department on receipt of an application showing com…

This chapter does not apply to either of the following: (a) A home health agency conducted by and for the adherents of any well-recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend upon prayer or spir…

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the co…

The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1726 in the superior court in and for the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur. Any proceeding under the provisions of this section shall conform to the requirements…

Any officer, employee, or agent of the state department may enter and inspect any building, premises, record or file of a licensee at any reasonable time to secure compliance with, or to prevent a violation of, any provision of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., …

The district attorney of every county shall, upon application by the state department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation within his county or any provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch.…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development reports that one in every eight dwelling units in the state is substandard and that unless health and safety problems are corrected, habitability conditions generally …

The Department of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, shall make funds available as matching grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties to increase staffing or capital expenditures dedicated to local building code en…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in the enactment of this section to do all of the following: (1) Initiate a coordinated active community approach to code enforcement. (2) Create a pilot program in which the department awards grants to communities that develop a code enfor…

In implementing the programs governed by this chapter, the department has all the general powers granted to it by Division 31 (commencing with Section 50000). (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 664, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Inspector” means an employee of the department who conducts inspections of mobilehome parks pursuant to this part. (b) “Statement of economic interests” means the statements required to be filed pursuant to Secti…

No later than January 1, 2025, the department shall, in accordance with the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code) and Division 6 (commencing with Section 18104) of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, establish pol…

No later than January 1, 2025, the department shall do both of the following: (a) Establish policies to document complaints against inspectors and the steps taken to address those complaints. (b) Refer all complaints against inspectors alleging misconduct to the department’s equa…

It is unlawful for any person to use or cause, or permit to be used for occupancy, any of the following manufactured homes, mobilehomes, park trailers, or recreational vehicles in a park or recreational vehicles outside of special occupancy parks: (a) Any recreational vehicle, pa…

The department shall adopt regulations to govern the use and occupancy of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and recreational vehicles located in special occupancy parks. Those regulations shall establish minimum requirements to protect the health and safety of the tenants, occupan…

(a) A camping cabin shall be designed to resist the following live loads: (1) floor live loads not less than 40 pounds per square foot of floor area; (2) horizontal live loads not less than 15 pounds per square foot of vertical wall and roof area; and (3) roof live loads not less…

If a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach is to be installed on a foundation system and located in a park, the installation shall comply with Section 18551. Should the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach be subsequently removed from the foundation sys…