California Health and Safety Code 1760 – In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to …
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In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to create, within the state department, a program for licensing pediatric day health and respite care facilities to serve the needs of medically fragile and terminally ill children and their families.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1227, Sec. 8. Effective September 24, 1990.)
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1760
- Medically fragile: means having an acute or chronic health problem that requires therapeutic intervention and skilled nursing care during all or part of the day. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
- 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 department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2