Every adult day health care center shall, for the purpose of addressing issues that arise when an adult day health care participant is missing from the facility, develop and comply with an absentee notification plan, as part of the individual plan of care, as defined in Section 1570.7. The plan shall include and be limited to the following: a requirement that an administrator of the facility, or his or her designee, inform the participant’s authorized representative when that participant is missing from the facility and the circumstances in which an administrator of the facility, or his or her designee, shall notify local law enforcement when a participant is missing from the facility.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 674, Sec. 4. (AB 620) Effective January 1, 2014.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1584.5

  • 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
  • Individual plan of care: means a plan designed to provide recipients of adult day health care with appropriate treatment in accordance with the assessed needs of each individual. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7
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