Section 1275.2 Of Article 3. Regulations From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
1275.2
. (a) Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing
other health facilities, the regulations adopted by the state
department for chemical dependency recovery hospitals shall prevail.
The regulations applying to chemical dependency recovery hospitals
shall prescribe standards of adequacy, safety, and sanitation of the
physical plant, of staffing with duly qualified personnel, and of
services based on the needs of the persons served thereby.
(b) The regulations shall include provisions for an "open planning"
architectural concept.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with
Section 15000) of Division 12.5, the regulations shall exempt from
seismic requirements all freestanding structures of a chemical
dependency recovery hospital. Chemical dependency recovery services
provided as a supplemental service in general acute care beds or
general acute psychiatric beds shall not be exempt from seismic
requirements.
(d) Regulations shall be developed pursuant to this section and
presented for adoption at a public hearing within 180 days of the
effective date of this section.
(e) In order to assist in the rapid development of regulations for
chemical dependency recovery hospitals, the director of the state
department, not later than 30 days after the effective date of this
section, shall convene an advisory committee composed of two
representatives of the State Department of Health Care Services, one
representative of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development, two persons with experience operating facilities with
alcohol or medicinal drug dependency programs, and any other persons
having a professional or personal nonfinancial interest in
development of such regulations. The members of such advisory
committee who are not state officers or employees shall pay their own
expenses related to participation on the committee. The committee
shall meet at the call of the director until such time as the
proposed regulations are presented for adoption at public hearing.