Section 1599.652 Of Chapter 3.93. Admission Contracts For Long-term Health Care Facilities From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.93.
1599.652
. A person who seeks to be admitted to the same skilled
nursing facility or intermediate care facility to receive respite
care services for which there already exists a prior executed
abbreviated contract of admission which was signed by that person, or
his or her legal representative or responsible party, in accordance
with this chapter shall not be required to execute a new abbreviated
contract of admission if the person, or his or her legal
representative or responsible party, either prior to or upon
admission, signs a written statement prepared by the facility which
lists the modifications to the abbreviated 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
abbreviated 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
abbreviated 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.