Section 1270 Of Article 2. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
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. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following
institutions:
(a) Any facility conducted by and for the adherents of any
well-recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of
providing facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend
upon prayer or spiritual means for healing in the practice of the
religion of that church or denomination.
(b) Hotels or other similar places that furnish only board and
room, or either, to their guests.
(c) Any house or institution supplying board and room only, or
room only, or board only; provided, that no resident thereof requires
any element of medical care as determined by the department.
For the purpose of this subdivision "medical care" means those
services required to be provided by health professionals in
accordance with the provisions of Division 2 (commencing with Section
500) of the Business and Professions Code. In addition, medical
services means those services provided by health facilities as
defined in Sections 1250, 1250.2, and 1250.3 which includes nursing
care to patients whose primary need is for the availability of
licensed nursing care on an extended, continuous, intermittent, or
part-time basis.
(d) Any facility as defined in Section 1502.