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. (a) Upon the filing of the application for licensure or for a
special permit for special services and full compliance with this
chapter and the rules and regulations of the state department, the
state department shall issue to the applicant the license or special
permit applied for. A license shall not be issued or renewed for beds
permanently converted to other than patient use and that do not meet
construction and operational requirements. However, if the director
finds that the applicant is not in compliance with the laws or
regulations of this part, the director shall deny the applicant a
license or a special permit for special services. Additionally, the
director shall not issue a license covering a project within the
meaning of Section 127170 for which there is no valid, subsisting,
and unexpired certificate of need issued pursuant to Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 127125) of Part 2 of Division 107.
(b) As a condition of licensure, the director shall require
evidence that the applicant have a written policy relating to the
dissemination of the following information to patients:
(1) A summary of current state laws requiring child passenger
restraint systems to be used when transporting children in motor
vehicles.
(2) A listing of child passenger restraint system programs located
within the county, as required by Section 27360 or 27362 of the
Vehicle Code.
(3) Information describing the risks of death or serious injury
associated with the failure to utilize a child passenger restraint
system.
A hospital may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by
reproducing for distribution materials specified in Section 27366 of
the Vehicle Code, describing the risks of injury or death as a result
of the failure to utilize passenger restraints for infants and
children, as provided, without charge, by the Department of the
California Highway Patrol. A hospital that does not have these
materials, but demonstrates that it has made a written request to the
Department of the California Highway Patrol for the materials, is in
compliance with this paragraph.
(c) The conversion of a general acute care hospital or special
hospital to a general acute care hospital that exclusively provides
acute medical rehabilitation center services shall not require a
certificate of need, as required by Section 127170, if the health
facility is rendering the services specified in subdivision (f) of
Section 1250 on January 1, 1979.