CHAPTER 8. Home Health Agencies

Chapter 8 added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 79.

§§ 1725–1742 · 39 sections

§ 1725 (a) The purpose of this chapter is to require licensure of home health agencies in order to protect the health and safety of the people of California. (b) All…
§ 1726 (a) No private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental…
§ 1727 (a) “Home health agency” means a private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, political subdivision of the…
§ 1727.1 A licensed home health agency may also provide, or arrange for the provision of, other therapeutic services to persons in their temporary or permanent place of…
§ 1727.5 Each home health agency providing home health agency services shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for a plan of treatment for patients receiving skilled…
§ 1727.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Thousands of patients receive home health care each year, thus preventing, postponing, and limiting…
§ 1728 Any person, organization, political subdivision of the state or governmental agency desiring a license under the provisions of this chapter or a hospital as…
§ 1728.1 (a) To qualify for a home health agency license, the following requirements shall be met: (1) Every applicant shall satisfy the following conditions: (A) Be of…
§ 1728.2 (a) If a home health agency or an applicant for a license has not been previously licensed, the state department may only issue a provisional license to the…
§ 1728.3 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1728.1 and 1732, the department may issue a provisional license to a home health agency if: (1) The home health agency…
§ 1728.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department shall issue a license to a home health agency that applies to the department for a home…
§ 1728.75 (a) A license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter shall not be transferable. (b) The department shall not approve a change of ownership of a…
§ 1728.8 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the department licenses and certifies home health agencies in a reasonable and timely manner to ensure…
§ 1728.9 Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in Section 1728.95, beginning on the effective date of the act that added this section and until no later…
§ 1728.95 (a) The department may grant an exception to the moratorium imposed by Section 1728.9 upon making a written finding that an applicant for a new license to…
§ 1729 Each application for a license under this chapter, except applications by the State of California or any state department, authority, bureau, commission, or…
§ 1730 (a) Each license issued under this chapter shall expire 12 months from the date of its issuance. Application for renewal of license accompanied by the…
§ 1731 No person, public or private organization, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state, shall continue to operate,…
§ 1732 Upon filing of the application for a license provided for in, and upon full compliance with, the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations…
§ 1733 Every home health agency for which a license has been issued, except a facility that is certified to participate either in the Medicare program under Title…
§ 1734 (a) The department shall adopt, and may thereafter modify, amend, or rescind, reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter,…
§ 1734.5 (a) The department may grant to entities contracting with the department under the PACE program, as defined in Chapter 8.75 (commencing with Section 14591) of…
§ 1735 The department may deny any application for, or suspend or revoke, any license issued under the provisions of this chapter upon any of the following grounds…
§ 1736 Proceedings for the denial, suspension or revocation of licenses or denial or withdrawal of approval under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with…
§ 1736.1 (a) An applicant for certification as a certified home health aide shall comply with each of the following requirements: (1) Have successfully completed a…
§ 1736.15 (a) A person who provides classroom and supervised practical training for a home health aide, as mandated in Section 1736.1, shall be either of the following:…
§ 1736.16 (a) An online or distance learning training program for home health aide certification or in-service training shall comply with all of the following…
§ 1736.2 (a) Certificates issued for certified home health aides shall be renewed every two years and renewal shall be conditioned on the certificate holder obtaining a…
§ 1736.4 (a) The state department shall investigate complaints concerning misconduct by certified home health aides and may take disciplinary action pursuant to Section…
§ 1736.5 (a) The department shall deny a training application and deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate issued under this article if the applicant or certificate…
§ 1736.6 (a) (1) A criminal record clearance shall be conducted by the department for all home health aides by electronically submitting fingerprint images and related…
§ 1736.7 (a) The state department may request and maintain employment information for home health aides. (b) Within five working days of receipt of a criminal record or…
§ 1737 Any license revoked pursuant to this chapter may be reinstated pursuant to the provisions of Section 11522 of the Government Code.
§ 1737.5 Any licensee may, with the approval of the state department, surrender his license for suspension or cancellation by the state department. Any license…
§ 1738 This chapter does not apply to either of the following: (a) A home health agency conducted by and for the adherents of any well-recognized church or religious…
§ 1739 Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and…
§ 1740 The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1726 in the superior court in and for the county in which the…
§ 1741 Any officer, employee, or agent of the state department may enter and inspect any building, premises, record or file of a licensee at any reasonable time to…
§ 1742 The district attorney of every county shall, upon application by the state department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution…