Section 1218.3 Of Article 2. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
1218.3
. (a) In order to reduce paperwork, eliminate errors, and
streamline communications between the department and licensed primary
care clinics, a clinic corporation that operates one or more
affiliate clinics shall, on behalf of all licensed clinics it
operates, act as the administrative headquarters for purposes of
receiving from and submitting to the department communications
regarding primary care clinic license applications or license
renewals, primary care clinic operations, requests for prior
approval, additions of services, primary care clinic relocations,
required reports of changes in primary care clinic administration and
board of directors, notices of deficiencies, and all communications
from the department to primary care clinics licensed by the
department including communications by mail, e-mail, facsimile, or
any other electronic or telephonic means.
(b) The department shall maintain a complete corporate file
containing information about each clinic corporation operating one or
more affiliate clinics, including all of the following:
(1) A copy of the clinic corporation's articles of incorporation
and bylaws.
(2) Unless exempt under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of
Section 1204, a copy of the determination letter to show the clinic
corporation's exempt status under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
(3) A copy of the clinic corporation's organizational chart.
(4) Information identifying the clinic corporation's governing
body, including the clinic corporation's board of directors and
corporate officers and required documents.
(5) Information identifying the clinic corporation's
administrators, including the chief executive officer or executive
director and medical director.
(c) A clinic corporation shall not be required to resubmit
information, materials, or documents identified in subdivision (b) as
part of an affiliate clinic application, unless the information,
materials, or documents are necessary to complete the corporate file.
(d) A clinic corporation shall submit to the department, on behalf
of all licensed primary care clinics operated by the clinic
corporation, a single report of change that is applicable to all
primary care clinics operated by the clinic corporation, including a
change in a principal officer or general manager of the governing
body, the medical director, and the clinic administrator, as required
by law.
(e) A clinic corporation may submit to the department, on behalf
of all licensed primary care clinics operated by the clinic
corporation that are within the same license renewal month, a single
payment for all primary care clinic licensure renewal fees.