{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1263","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1263","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Health Facilities [1250. - 1339.59.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General [1250. - 1264.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-2/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 339, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 2002.","effective":"2002-01-01","html":"<p>(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Dementia Training Standards Act of 2001. </p><p>(b) (1) Any certified nurse assistant employed by a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall have completed at least two hours of initial dementia-specific training as part of the facility’s orientation program. The training shall be completed within the first 40 hours of employment. </p><p>(2) The facility shall develop a dementia-specific training component within the existing orientation program, to be implemented no later than July 1, 2002. </p><p>(3) The facility’s modified orientation program shall be reviewed by the department in a phasein schedule that begins no later than July 1, 2002, and is completed no later than July 1, 2005. </p><p>(c) Any certified nursing assistant employed by a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall participate in a minimum of five hours of dementia-specific in-service training per year, as part of the facility’s in-service training. </p><p>(d) Freestanding and hospital-based pediatric skilled nursing facilities with exclusively pediatric occupancy shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in this section. </p>","text":"(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Dementia Training Standards Act of 2001. (b) (1) Any certified nurse assistant employed by a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall have completed at least two hours of initial dementia-specific training as part of the facility’s orientation program. The training shall be completed within the first 40 hours of employment. (2) The facility shall develop a dementia-specific training component within the existing orientation program, to be implemented no later than July 1, 2002. (3) The facility’s modified orientation program shall be reviewed by the department in a phasein schedule that begins no later than July 1, 2002, and is completed no later than July 1, 2005. (c) Any certified nursing assistant employed by a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall participate in a minimum of five hours of dementia-specific in-service training per year, as part of the facility’s in-service training. (d) Freestanding and hospital-based pediatric skilled nursing facilities with exclusively pediatric occupancy shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in this section.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/general-1263","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}