Section 1580 Of Article 4. Standards And Inspection From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.3. >> Article 4.
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. The state department shall adopt and may from time to time
amend or repeal, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, the reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary or
proper to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter and to
enable the state department to exercise the powers and perform the
duties conferred upon it by this chapter, not inconsistent with any
statute of this state. The regulations shall prescribe standards of
safety and sanitation for the physical plant of adult day health
centers and standards for the quality of adult day health care
services, including, but not limited to, staffing with duly qualified
personnel and average daily staffing requirements. For the purposes
of computing average daily attendance staffing requirements,
maintenance programs for elderly persons shall, as of January 1,
1992, be included in the calculation for monthly total hours of
services provided. In adopting the regulations, the state department
shall take into account the physical and mental capabilities and
needs of the persons to be served, and consideration shall be given
to flexible application of safety and sanitation standards, if
necessary, to be consistent with the legislative intent of
establishing adult day health care programs in locations easily
accessible to economically disadvantaged older persons. Program
standards contained in regulations adopted pursuant to this section
shall be those specified in Chapter 8.7 (commencing with Section
14520) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.