(a)  Any operator of a health facility licensed to provide adult day health care under this chapter shall provide that adult day health care as a separate program as determined by the State Department of Health Services.

(b)  Any operator of a clinic or community care facility licensed to provide adult day health care under this chapter shall provide that adult day health care as an independent program that is located in a separate, freestanding facility or in a distinct part of the clinic or community care facility.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1585.2

  • 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
  • state department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 1570.7

(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 728, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)

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