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1520.2
. (a) Every licensed community care facility, at the request
of a majority of its residents, shall assist its residents in
establishing and maintaining a resident-oriented facility council.
The council shall be composed of residents of the facility and may
include family members of residents of the facility. The council may,
among other things, make recommendations to facility administrators
to improve the quality of daily living in the facility and may
negotiate to protect residents' rights with facility administrators.
(b) A violation of subdivision (a) shall not be subject to the
provisions of Section 1540 but shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 1534 and any other provisions of this chapter.
(c) This section shall not apply to a community care facility as
defined in paragraphs (3), (5), and (6) of subdivision (a) of Section
1502, or to a community care facility licensed to provide care for
six or fewer individuals.