ARTICLE 3. Regulations [1275. - 1289.5.]

Article 3 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.

§§ 1275–1289.5 · 60 sections

§ 1275 (a) (1) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
§ 1275.1 (a) Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing other health facilities, the regulations developed by the State Department of Health Care Services, or a…
§ 1275.2 (a) Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing other health facilities, the regulations adopted by the state department for chemical dependency…
§ 1275.3 (a) The State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Developmental Services shall jointly develop and implement licensing regulations…
§ 1275.4 (a) On or before January 1, 2017, each skilled nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, shall adopt and implement an antimicrobial…
§ 1275.41 (a) (1) In the event of a declared emergency related to a communicable disease, a skilled nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250,…
§ 1275.5 (a) The regulations relating to the licensing of hospitals, heretofore adopted by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to former Chapter 2…
§ 1275.6 (a) A health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1250 may provide in any alternative setting health care services and programs…
§ 1275.7 (a) The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations: (1) The theft of newborn babies from hospitals is a serious societal problem that must be…
§ 1275.8 (a) On or before January 1, 2020, each general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, and acute psychiatric hospital, as defined…
§ 1275.9 (a) A general acute care hospital shall inform a patient or the patient’s representative, at the time of admission or as soon as reasonably possible in cases…
§ 1276 (a) The building standards published in the California Building Standards Code by the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and the regulations…
§ 1276.05 (a) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall allow any general acute care hospital facility that needs to relocate services on an interim…
§ 1276.1 In setting personnel standards for licensed health facilities pursuant to Section 1276, the department may set such standards itself or may adopt them by…
§ 1276.2 Standards and regulations adopted by the state department pursuant to Section 1276 shall not require the use of a registered nurse for the performance of any…
§ 1276.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the citizens of California are in danger of being injured and killed in the state’s surgical suites and procedural…
§ 1276.4 (a) By January 1, 2002, the State Department of Public Health shall adopt regulations that establish minimum, specific, and numerical licensed nurse-to-patient…
§ 1276.5 (a) The department shall adopt regulations setting forth the minimum number of equivalent nursing hours per patient required in skilled nursing and…
§ 1276.6 Each facility shall certify, under penalty of perjury and to the best of their knowledge, on a form provided by the department, that funds received pursuant to…
§ 1276.65 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Direct care service hours” means the actual hours of work performed per patient…
§ 1276.66 (a) (1) The Skilled Nursing Facility Minimum Staffing Penalty Account is hereby established in the State Treasury. The account shall contain all moneys…
§ 1276.7 (a) (1) On or before May 1, 2001, the department shall determine the need, and provide subsequent recommendations, for any increase in the minimum number of…
§ 1276.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Section 1276, the following shall apply: (a) As used in this code, “respiratory care…
§ 1276.9 (a) A special treatment program service unit distinct part shall have a minimum 2.3 nursing hours per patient per day. (b) For purposes of this section,…
§ 1277 (a) No license shall be issued by the department unless it finds that the premises, the management, the bylaws, rules and regulations, the equipment, the…
§ 1278 Any officer, employee, or agent of the state department may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter and inspect any building or premises at any…
§ 1278.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of the State of California to encourage patients, nurses, members of the medical staff, and…
§ 1279 (a) Every health facility for which a license or special permit has been issued shall be periodically inspected by the department, or by another governmental…
§ 1279.1 (a) A health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 shall report an adverse event to the department no later than five days…
§ 1279.2 (a) (1) In any case in which the department receives a report from a facility pursuant to Section 1279.1, or a written or oral complaint involving a health…
§ 1279.3 (a) By January 1, 2015, the department shall provide information regarding reports of substantiated adverse events pursuant to Section 1279.1 and the outcomes…
§ 1279.6 (a) A health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, shall develop, implement, and comply with a patient safety plan for the…
§ 1279.7 (a) A health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, shall implement a facilitywide hand hygiene program. (b) Commencing…
§ 1279.8 (a) Every health facility, as defined in subdivision (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), or (m) of Section 1250, shall, for the purpose of addressing issues that…
§ 1280 (a) The state department may provide consulting services upon request to any health facility to assist in the identification or correction of deficiencies or…
§ 1280.1 (a) Subject to subdivision (d), prior to the effective date of regulations adopted to implement Section 1280.3, if a licensee of a health facility licensed…
§ 1280.2 (a) No deficiency cited pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1280 or Section 1280.1 shall be for the failure of a facility to meet the…
§ 1280.3 (a) Commencing on the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to this section, the director may assess an administrative penalty against a licensee…
§ 1280.4 (a) If a licensee of a health facility licensed under subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 fails to report an adverse event pursuant to Section 1279.1,…
§ 1280.5 The state department shall accept, consider, and resolve written appeals by a licensee or health facility administrator of findings made upon the inspection of…
§ 1280.6 In assessing an administrative penalty pursuant to Section 1280.1 or Section 1280.3 against a licensee of a health facility licensed under subdivision (a) of…
§ 1280.15 (a) A clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice licensed pursuant to Section 1204, 1250, 1725, or 1745 shall prevent unlawful or unauthorized…
§ 1280.16 For purposes of Sections 1280.17, 1280.18, 1280.19, and 1280.20, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.…
§ 1280.17 (a) (1) The department may assess an administrative fine against any person or any provider of health care, whether licensed or unlicensed, for any violation…
§ 1280.18 (a) Every provider of health care shall establish and implement appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the privacy of a…
§ 1280.19 (a) Effective July 1, 2025, the Internal Health Information Integrity Quality Improvement Account is hereby abolished. All moneys in the fund shall be…
§ 1280.20 Notwithstanding any other law, the director may send a recommendation for further investigation of, or discipline for, a potential violation of the licensee’s…
§ 1281 All public and private general acute care hospitals either shall comply with the standards for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and…
§ 1281.5 (a) All general acute care hospitals with an emergency department shall adopt and implement policies and procedures to facilitate the self-identification of an…
§ 1282 (a) The state department shall have the authority to contract for outside personnel to perform inspections of health facilities as the need arises. The state…
§ 1283 (a) No health facility shall surrender the physical custody of a minor under 16 years of age to any person unless such surrender is authorized in writing by…
§ 1284 A licensed inpatient mental health facility shall be subject to the provisions of Section 5622 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
§ 1285 (a) No patient shall be detained in a health facility solely for the nonpayment of a bill. (b) For the purposes of this section, “detained” means the…
§ 1286 (a) Smoking a tobacco product shall be prohibited in patient care areas, waiting rooms, and visiting rooms of a health facility, except those areas…
§ 1288 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the licensee of each skilled nursing or intermediate care facility shall notify, in writing, all patients for whom…
§ 1288.4 A health facility licensed under subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 shall post conspicuously, in a prominent location within the premises and…
§ 1289 (a) No owner, employee, agent, or consultant of a long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418, or member of his or her immediate family, or…
§ 1289.3 (a) A long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418, which fails to make reasonable efforts to safeguard patient property shall reimburse a…
§ 1289.4 A theft and loss program shall be implemented by the long-term health care facilities within 90 days after January 1, 1988. The program shall include all of…
§ 1289.5 No provision of a contract of admission, which includes all documents which a resident or his or her representative is required to sign at the time of, or as a…