A “special permit” is a permit issued in addition to a license, authorizing a health facility to offer one or more of the special services specified in Section 1255 when the state department has determined that the health facility has met the standards for quality of care established by state department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 1275).

(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1251.5

  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • health facility: means a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence and rehabilitation and including care during and after pregnancy, or for any one or more of these purposes, for one or more persons, to which the persons are admitted for a 24-hour stay or longer, and includes the following types:

    California Health and Safety Code 1250

  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
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