No person or public agency within this state shall provide adult day health care in this state, without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1066.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1575

  • 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
  • License: means a basic permit to operate an adult day health care center. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23