Section 1569.317 Of Article 3. Regulations From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.2. >> Article 3.
1569.317
. Every residential care facility for the elderly, as
defined in Section 1569.2, shall, for the purpose of addressing
issues that arise when a resident is missing from the facility,
develop and comply with an absentee notification plan as part of the
written record of the care the resident will receive in the facility,
as described in Section 1569.80. 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 authorized
representative when that resident 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
is missing from the facility.