ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [9710. - 9719.5.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13.
§§ 9710–9719.5 · 16 sections
- § 9710 There is within the department an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
- § 9710.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman has an extremely important role in protecting and…
- § 9711 (a) The office shall be under the direction of a chief executive officer who shall be known as the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. The State Ombudsman shall be…
- § 9712 (a) The office shall be headed by an individual, to be known as the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, who shall meet the qualifications established by the…
- § 9712.5 The State Ombudsman shall, personally or through representatives of the office, do all of the following: (a) (1) Identify, investigate, and resolve complaints…
- § 9713 (a) Upon request of the office, the Attorney General shall represent the office or the department and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the office,…
- § 9714 The office shall solicit and receive funds, gifts, and contributions to support the operations and programs of the office. The office shall not solicit or…
- § 9714.5 (a) The office may form a foundation eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions to support the operations and programs of the office and the operations…
- § 9715 (a) No representative of the office shall be held liable for good faith performance of responsibilities under this chapter. (b) No discriminatory,…
- § 9716 (a) The office shall be responsible for activities that promote the development, coordination, and utilization of resources to meet the long-term care needs of…
- § 9716.11 (a) The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall maintain an Internet Web presence. (b) The Internet Web site shall be easily found and prominent on…
- § 9717 (a) All advocacy programs and any programs similar in nature to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program that receive funding or official designation from the…
- § 9718 Every long-term care facility, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 9701, shall post in a conspicuous location a notice of the name, address, and phone…
- § 9718.5 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a skilled nursing facility or residential care facility shall not, under any circumstances, deny entry to a…
- § 9719 (a) (1) The office shall sponsor a training of representatives of approved organizations at least twice each year. The office shall provide training to these…
- § 9719.5 (a) (1) The department shall allocate all federal and state funds for local ombudsman programs according to the following distribution, but shall not allocate…