Section 1507.15 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
1507.15
. Every community care facility that provides adult
residential care or offers an adult day program shall, for the
purpose of addressing issues that arise when an adult resident or an
adult day program participant is missing from the facility, develop
and comply with an absentee notification plan for each resident or
participant. The plan shall be part of the written Needs and Services
Plan. The plan shall include and be limited to the following: a
requirement that an administrator of the facility, or his or her
designee, inform the resident's or participant's authorized
representative when that resident or participant is missing from the
facility and the circumstances in which an administrator of the
facility, or his or her designee, shall notify local law enforcement
when a resident or participant is missing from the facility.