California Health and Safety Code 1574.5 – (a) All adult day health care centers shall maintain compliance …
(a) All adult day health care centers shall maintain compliance with licensing requirements. These requirements shall not prohibit program flexibility for the use of alternate concepts, methods, procedures, techniques, equipment, number and qualifications of personnel, or the conducting of pilot projects, if these alternatives or pilot projects are carried out with provisions for safe and adequate care and with the prior written approval of the state department. This approval shall provide for the terms and conditions under which permission to use an alternative or pilot program is granted. Particular attention shall be given to encourage the development of models appropriate to rural areas. The department may allow the substitution of work experience for academic requirements for the position of program director, administrator, or activity coordinator.
(b) The applicant or licensee may submit a written request to the department for program flexibility, and shall submit with the request substantiating evidence supporting the request.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1574.5
- 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
- Director: means the State Public Health Officer. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- License: means a basic permit to operate an adult day health care center. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7
- state department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7
(c) Any approval by the department granted under this section, or a true copy thereof, shall be posted immediately adjacent to the center’s license.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 119, Sec. 2. (SB 91) Effective July 25, 2011.)