Section 1599.651 Of Chapter 3.93. Admission Contracts For Long-term Health Care Facilities From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.93.
1599.651
. A person who seeks to be admitted to the same long-term
health care facility for which there exists a prior executed contract
of admission which was signed by that person, or his or her legal
representative, responsible party, or agent, in accordance with this
chapter shall not be required to execute a new contract of admission
if the person, or his or her legal representative, responsible party,
or agent, either prior to or upon readmission, signs a written
statement prepared by the facility which lists the modifications to
the contract of admission.
The written statement shall indicate the date upon which the
person's signature was obtained. The written statement shall be kept
on file by the facility with the person's previously signed contract
of admission.
This section shall not apply to any person who has been declared
legally incompetent subsequent to the time he or she signed the
contract of admission. This section shall not apply to any person
when the physician and surgeon of that person has determined that the
person is unable to understand and sign the written statement
because of his or her medical condition.
No written statement shall contain any provision that is
prohibited from being included in a contract of admission.
A new contract of admission or a written statement which lists the
modifications need not be signed by the person, or his or her legal
representative, responsible party, or agent, in the case of a
transfer during a bedhold period.