California Health and Safety Code 1762 – (a) In order to obtain a license under the provisions of this …
(a) In order to obtain a license under the provisions of this chapter to establish, conduct, or maintain a pediatric day health and respite care facility, a person, entity, political subdivision of the state, or governmental agency shall file with the state department a verified application on a form prescribed, prepared, and furnished by the state department, containing information as may be required by the state department for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(b) The state department shall initiate an initial licensing inspection of a Transitional Health Care Needs Optional Service Unit within 60 days of receipt of a completed application.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1762
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- License: means a basic permit to operate a pediatric day health and respite care facility. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
- Pediatric day health and respite care facility: means a facility that provides an organized program of therapeutic social and day health activities and services and limited 24-hour inpatient respite care to medically fragile children 21 years of age or younger, including terminally ill and technology-dependent patients, except as provided in paragraph (2) and Section 1763. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
- Respite care: means day and 24-hour relief for the parent or guardian and care for the patient. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- State department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 206, Sec. 6. (AB 1147) Effective August 13, 2015.)