ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Article 1 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1203.

§§ 1500–1518 · 60 sections

§ 1500 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Community Care Facilities Act.
§ 1501 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is an urgent need to establish a coordinated and comprehensive statewide service system of quality…
§ 1501.1 (a) It is the policy of the state to facilitate the proper placement of every child in residential care facilities where the placement is in the best interests…
§ 1502 As used in this chapter: (a) “Community care facility” means any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential…
§ 1502.2 (a) Commencing January 1, 2018, the department shall license private alternative boarding schools, as defined in paragraph (19) of subdivision (a) of Section…
§ 1502.21 (a) Commencing January 1, 2019, the department shall license private alternative outdoor programs, as defined in paragraph (20) of subdivision (a) of Section…
§ 1502.3 For purposes of this chapter, a “community care facility,” pursuant to Section 1502, includes a transitional shelter care facility. A “transitional shelter…
§ 1502.35 (a) The department shall license a youth homelessness prevention center as a group home pursuant to this section. A youth homelessness prevention center shall…
§ 1502.4 (a) A licensed short-term residential therapeutic program, as defined in paragraph (18) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, may only accept for placement a…
§ 1502.45 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 1502.4, a community care facility licensed as a group home for children pursuant to this chapter may only accept for placement,…
§ 1502.5 Notwithstanding Section 1502, residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined in Section 1569.2, shall not be considered community care facilities and…
§ 1502.6 The department shall deny a private adoption agency a license, or revoke an existing private adoption agency license, unless the applicant or licensee…
§ 1502.7 (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the department, in consultation with representatives of the Legislature, the County Welfare Directors Association, the Chief…
§ 1502.8 The department shall adopt regulations consistent with paragraph (24) of subdivision (a) of Section 16001.9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
§ 1503 As used in this chapter, “license” means a basic permit to operate a community care facility. A license shall not be transferable.
§ 1503.1 (a) An adoption agency is subject to licensure and regulation by the department and shall comply with both of the following requirements: (1) Meet applicable…
§ 1503.2 Every facility licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards…
§ 1503.5 (a) A facility shall be deemed to be an “unlicensed community care facility” and “maintained and operated to provide nonmedical care” if it is unlicensed and…
§ 1504 As used in this chapter, “special permit” means a permit issued by the state department authorizing a community care facility to offer specialized services as…
§ 1504.5 (a) (1) This chapter does not apply to any independent living arrangement or supportive housing, described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), for individuals…
§ 1505 This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) A health facility, as defined by Section 1250. (b) A clinic, as defined by Section 1200. (c) A…
§ 1505.5 (a) The director shall adopt regulations authorizing residential facilities, as defined in Section 1502, to fill unused capacity on a short-term, time-limited…
§ 1506 (a) (1) A foster family agency may use only a certified family home or a resource family that has been certified or approved by that agency or, pursuant to…
§ 1506.1 (a) A foster family agency shall prepare and maintain a current, written plan of operation as required by the department. (b) (1) A foster family agency shall…
§ 1506.3 (a) A foster family agency shall employ one full-time social work supervisor for every eight social workers or fraction thereof in the agency. (b) A foster…
§ 1506.5 (a) Foster family agencies shall not use foster family homes licensed by a county or resource families approved by a county without the approval of the…
§ 1506.6 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public and private efforts to recruit foster parents not be competitive and that the total number of foster…
§ 1506.7 (a) A foster family agency shall require the owner or operator of a family home applying for certification to sign an application that shall contain, but shall…
§ 1506.8 (a) Before certifying a family home, a foster family agency shall contact any foster family agencies by whom an applicant has been previously certified and any…
§ 1506.9 (a) No person shall incur civil liability as a result of providing the department with any of the following: (1) The foster family agency providing to the…
§ 1507 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, incidental medical services may be provided in a community care facility. If the medical services constitute a…
§ 1507.1 (a) An adult community care facility may permit incidental medical services to be provided through a home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 8…
§ 1507.15 Every community care facility that provides adult residential care or offers an adult day program shall, for the purpose of addressing issues that arise when…
§ 1507.2 Notwithstanding this chapter, a child with special health care needs, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 17710 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may…
§ 1507.25 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person described in paragraph (2), who is not a licensed health care professional, but who is trained to administer…
§ 1507.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1566.45 or any other provision of law, a residential facility that provides care to adults may obtain a waiver from the department…
§ 1507.35 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a group home for children with special health care needs, as defined in paragraph (22) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502,…
§ 1507.4 (a) Beginning May 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the department shall collect information and send a report to each county’s department of mental health or…
§ 1507.5 (a) In-home medical care and home and community-based services, as described in subdivisions (t) and (u) of Section 14132 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,…
§ 1507.6 (a) Mental health services, as deemed necessary by the placing agency, may be provided to children in a group home. Except for the physical safety and direct…
§ 1508 No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within the state and no state or local public agency shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or…
§ 1509 The state department shall inspect and license community care facilities, except as otherwise provided in Section 1508. The state department shall inspect and…
§ 1509.5 (a) The department and the licensing agencies with which it contracts for licensing shall review and make a final determination within 60 days of an…
§ 1509.56 An applicant or licensee of an adult community care facility shall maintain an email address of record with the department. The applicant or licensee shall…
§ 1509.6 An applicant or licensee of an adult community care facility shall maintain an email address of record with the department. The applicant or licensee shall…
§ 1510 The state department may provide consulting services upon request to any community care facility to assist in the identification or correction of deficiencies…
§ 1511 The state department may contract for state, county, or other public agencies to assume specified licensing, approval, or consultation responsibilities. In…
§ 1512 Each residential community care facility shall state, on its client information form or admission agreement, and on its patient’s rights form, the facility’s…
§ 1512.5 (a) No residential facility may prohibit the formation of a family council, and, when requested by a member of the resident’s family or the resident’s…
§ 1513 No license or special permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have any property value for sale or exchange purposes and no person,…
§ 1514 (a) Each residential care facility licensed under this chapter shall reveal its license number in all advertisements, publications, or announcements made with…
§ 1515 (a) The department shall authorize county welfare departments to undertake comprehensive recruitment programs, including but not limited to media advertising,…
§ 1516 (a) A crisis nursery, as defined in paragraph (17) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, shall be licensed by the department to operate a crisis residential…
§ 1517 (a) (1) Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the State Department of Social Services shall implement a unified,…
§ 1517.1 (a) (1) Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the State Department of Social Services shall implement a unified,…
§ 1517.2 (a) The application form signed by a resource family applicant of a foster family agency shall be signed with a declaration by the applicant that the…
§ 1517.3 (a) A person shall not incur civil liability as a result of providing the department with either of the following: (1) A foster family agency’s log of resource…
§ 1517.4 (a) (1) A foster family agency shall place a resource family on inactive status upon notification by the resource family in accordance with this section and…
§ 1517.5 (a) A resource family currently approved by a foster family agency pursuant to this section or Section 1517 may be approved by a subsequent foster family…
§ 1518 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the imposition of rent regulations or controls for licensed community care facilities. (b) Licensed community care…