(a) The annual Licensing and Certification Program fee for a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, general acute care hospital, acute psychiatric hospital, special hospital, chemical dependency recovery hospital, correctional treatment center, intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled, intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled nursing, and intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative shall be set in accordance with Section 1266.

(b) Commencing January 1, 2007, the department shall give priority in conducting initial licensing surveys to each intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled, intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative, and intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled nursing. Upon successful completion of licensure, and upon notification by the facility that it is ready for an initial certification survey, the department shall schedule and initiate a certification survey within 60 days.

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Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1266.12

  • Acute psychiatric hospital: means a health facility having a duly constituted governing body with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized medical staff that provides 24-hour inpatient care for persons with mental health disorders or other patients referred to in Division 5 (commencing with Section 5000) or Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, including the following basic services: medical, nursing, rehabilitative, pharmacy, and dietary services. See California Health and Safety Code 1250
  • Correctional treatment center: means a health facility operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or a county, city, or city and county law enforcement agency that, as determined by the department, provides inpatient health services to that portion of the inmate population who do not require a general acute care level of basic services. See California Health and Safety Code 1250
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • general acute care hospital: includes a "rural general acute care hospital. See California Health and Safety Code 1250
  • Intermediate care facility: means a health facility that provides inpatient care to ambulatory or nonambulatory patients who have recurring need for skilled nursing supervision and need supportive care, but who do not require availability of continuous skilled nursing care. See California Health and Safety Code 1250
  • Skilled nursing facility: includes a "small house skilled nursing facility (SHSNF)" as defined in Section 1323. See California Health and Safety Code 1250
  • Special hospital: means a health facility having a duly constituted governing body with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized medical or dental staff that provides inpatient or outpatient care in dentistry or maternity. See California Health and Safety Code 1250

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 74, Sec. 11. Effective July 12, 2006.)