California Health and Safety Code 1267.12 – No person shall be admitted, or accepted for care, or discharged, by …
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No person shall be admitted, or accepted for care, or discharged, by a congregate living health facility except upon the order of a physician and surgeon. Admission criteria shall be subject to review and approval by the state department. All persons admitted or accepted for care by the congregate living health facility shall remain under the care of a physician and surgeon who shall see the resident at least every 30 calendar days or more frequently if required by the resident’s medical condition.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1478, Sec. 8. Effective September 28, 1988.)
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1267.12
- Congregate living health facility: means a residential home with a capacity, except as provided in paragraph (4), of no more than 18 beds, that provides inpatient care, including the following basic services: medical supervision, 24-hour skilled nursing and supportive care, pharmacy, dietary, social, recreational, and at least one type of service specified in paragraph (2). See California Health and Safety Code 1250
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- health facility: means a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence and rehabilitation and including care during and after pregnancy, or for any one or more of these purposes, for one or more persons, to which the persons are admitted for a 24-hour stay or longer, and includes the following types:
California Health and Safety Code 1250
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23