California Health and Safety Code 1575.2 – An applicant for initial licensure as an adult day health care center …
An applicant for initial licensure as an adult day health care center shall file with the department, pursuant to its regulations, an application on forms furnished by the department, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant, its directors, officers, and the person designated to manage the day-to-day affairs of the proposed adult day health care center are of reputable and responsible character.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1575.2
- 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
- adult day health care center: means a licensed facility that provides adult day health care. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- 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
(b) Evidence satisfactory to the department of the ability of the applicant to comply with the provisions of this chapter and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto by the department.
(c) Evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant for a license to operate an adult day health care center possesses financial resources sufficient to operate each licensed center for a period of not less than 30 calendar days and that these resources are identified for adult day health care center operations. The financial reserve requirements may be met, in whole or in part, by a line of credit or a loan.
(d) Any other information as may be required by the department for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 681, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2002.)