§ 73519. Administrative Policies and Procedures.
22 CA ADC § 73519Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
22 CCR § 73519
§ 73519. Administrative Policies and Procedures.
(1) Written management and personnel policies to govern the administration of the intermediate care facility shall be established and implemented. Job descriptions detailing the functions of each classification of employee shall be written and available to all personnel. Facility policies shall adhere to the requirements of Sections 1316 and 1316.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) All intermediate care facilities shall have written admission and discharge policies which shall include rate of charge for care, charges for extra services, limitation of services, cause for termination of services and refund policies applying to termination of services. These policies shall be made available to patients or their agents upon admission and upon request and shall be made available to the public upon request.
(c) All patients shall have a tuberculosis screening procedure done upon admission. These procedures shall be determined by the patient care policy committee. Subsequent tuberculosis screening procedures shall be determined by attending physicians. A tuberculosis screening procedure may not be required if there is satisfactory written evidence available that a tuberculosis screening procedure has been completed within 90 days of the date of admission to the intermediate care facility.
(d) Nondiscrimination Policies. All intermediate care facilities shall state in their admission policies that all patients will be accepted for care and cared for without discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, medical condition, marital status, or registered domestic partner status, except:
Any bona fide nonprofit religious, fraternal or charitable organization which can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department that its primary or substantial purpose is not to evade this section may establish admission policies limiting or giving preference to its own members or adherents and such policies shall not be construed as a violation of the first paragraph of this subsection. Any admission of nonmembers or nonadherents shall be subject to the first paragraph of this subsection.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1275 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 51, Civil Code; Sections 297 and 297.5, Family Code; and Sections 1276, 1315, 1316, 1316.5, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. Amendment filed 2-8-83; designated effective 3-2-83 (Register 83, No. 7).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)(1), (b)(5) and (f), repealer of subsections (f)(1), (f)(3) and (g)-(g)(2), redesignation and amendment of former subsection (f)(2) as subsection (g) and amendment of Note filed 3-3-2010; operative 4-2-2010 (Register 2010, No. 10).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) and Note filed 6-23-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 25).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 73519, 22 CA ADC § 73519
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