Section 1599.74 Of Chapter 3.93. Admission Contracts For Long-term Health Care Facilities From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.93.
1599.74
. (a) The department shall translate both the statutory
Patients' Bill of Rights, as provided in Chapter 3.9 (commencing with
Section 1599), the regulatory Patients' Bill of Rights for Skilled
Nursing Facilities (commencing with Section 72527 of Title 22 of the
California Administrative Code), and, if appropriate, the regulatory
Patients' Bill of Rights for Intermediate Care Facilities (commencing
with Section 73523 of Title 22 of the California Administrative
Code), into Spanish and Chinese, and into other languages as needed
for ethnic groups representing 1 percent or more of the nursing home
population in the state. The department shall also translate the
Patients' Bill of Rights into Braille or have it recorded for the use
of blind patients, or both. These translations shall be sent to all
long-term health care facilities in the state.
(b) Every contract of admission shall contain a complete copy of
both the statutory and regulatory Patients' Bill of Rights.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the text of the Patients'
Bill of Rights shall be in legible print of no less than 12-point
type. If a translation has been provided by the department, the text
given to non-English-speaking residents shall be in their language.
(c) The contract shall also contain a separate written
acknowledgement that the resident has been informed of the Patients'
Bill of Rights.
Written acknowledgement by the resident or the resident's
representative must be made either on a separate document or in the
agreement itself next to the clause informing the resident of these
regulatory rights. Written acknowledgement by use of the signature on
the agreement as a whole does not meet this requirement.