(a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 1570.7 or any other provision of law, if an adult day health care center licensee also provides adult day program services, the adult day health care license shall be the only license required to provide these additional services. Costs shall be allocated among the programs in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices.

(b) A provider choosing to add an adult day program within the adult day health care facility shall submit a notice to the department on such forms as may be required.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1578.1

  • Adult day health care: means an organized day program of therapeutic, social, and skilled nursing health activities and services provided pursuant to this chapter to elderly persons or adults with disabilities with functional impairments, either physical or mental, for the purpose of restoring or maintaining optimal capacity for self-care. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • License: means a basic permit to operate an adult day health care center. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7

(c) Review and approval of the application to provide a dual program shall not require an on-site inspection.

(d) The maximum licensed capacity shall be determined by the local fire authority and shall include limits for ambulatory and nonambulatory participants.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 119, Sec. 5. (SB 91) Effective July 25, 2011.)

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