Section 1265.7 Of Article 2. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
1265.7
. (a) (1) The state department shall adopt regulations for
the licensure of congregate living health facilities. The regulations
shall include minimum standards of adequacy, safety, and sanitation
of the physical plant and equipment, minimum standards for staffing
with duly qualified personnel, and training of the staff, and minimum
standards for providing the services offered.
(2) Regulations for facilities approved to provide services for
persons who may be ventilator dependent shall ensure that residents
of these facilities are assured appropriate supportive health
services in the most normal, least restrictive physical and
rehabilitative environment appropriate to individual resident needs.
(3) Regulations for facilities approved to provide services for
persons who are terminally ill, who have a diagnosis of a
life-threatening illness, who are catastrophically and severely
disabled, or any combination of those persons, shall ensure that
residents of these facilities receive supportive health services,
based on individual resident acuity levels in the most normal, least
restrictive physical environment for individual resident needs.
(b) Pending adoption of the regulations pursuant to paragraphs (2)
and (3) of subdivision (a), an entity shall be licensed as a
congregate living health facility serving persons who are terminally
ill, persons who are catastrophically and severely disabled, persons
who are mentally alert but physically disabled, or any combination of
these persons, by the state department beginning July 1, 1988, if it
meets the requirements identified in subdivision (i) of Section 1250
and in Section 1267.13.