The state department may provide consulting services upon request to any clinic to assist in the identification or correction of deficiencies or the upgrading of the quality of care provided by the clinic.

(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1147.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1208

  • clinic: means an organized outpatient health facility that provides direct medical, surgical, dental, optometric, or podiatric advice, services, or treatment to patients who remain less than 24 hours, and that may also provide diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients in the home as an incident to care provided at the clinic facility. See California Health and Safety Code 1200
  • Department: means the Licensing and Certification Division of the State Department of Public Health, or its successor. See California Health and Safety Code 1200
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23