Section 1566.7 Of Article 7. Local Regulation From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 7.
1566.7
. The department shall notify affected placement agencies and
the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, as defined in
subdivision (c) of Section 9701 of the Health and Safety Code,
whenever the department substantiates that a violation has occurred
which poses a serious threat to the health and safety of any resident
when the violation results in the assessment of any penalty or
causes an accusation to be filed for the revocation of a license. If
the violation is appealed by the facility within 10 days, the
department shall only notify placement agencies of the violation when
the appeal has been exhausted. If the appeal process has not been
completed within 60 days, the placement agency shall be notified with
a notation which indicates that the case is still under appeal. The
notice to each placement agency shall be updated monthly for the
following 24-month period and shall include the name and location of
the facility, the amount of the fine, the nature of the violation,
the corrective action taken, the status of the revocation, and the
resolution of the complaint. At any time during which a facility is
found to have one or more of the following serious deficiencies, the
director shall provide an immediate notice of not to exceed five
working days to the placement agency:
(a) Discovery that an employee of the facility has a criminal
record which would affect the facility's compliance with Section
1522.
(b) Discovery that a serious incident which resulted in physical
or emotional trauma of a resident has occurred in a facility.