California Health and Safety Code 1760.8 – (a) A pediatric day health and respite care facility may …
(a) A pediatric day health and respite care facility may establish admission criteria based upon the compatibility of the developmental needs of the persons served and the facility’s ability to meet those needs. All admission criteria established by the facility shall be approved by the state department.
(b) A child accepted for care in a pediatric day health and respite care facility shall satisfy all of the following criteria:
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1760.8
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Pediatric day health and respite care facility: means a facility that provides an organized program of therapeutic social and day health activities and services and limited 24-hour inpatient respite care to medically fragile children 21 years of age or younger, including terminally ill and technology-dependent patients, except as provided in paragraph (2) and Section 1763. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
- Respite care: means day and 24-hour relief for the parent or guardian and care for the patient. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
- State department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 1760.2
(1) Be medically stable, as determined by the child’s attending physician and surgeon.
(2) Be under the care of a physician and surgeon who approves the plan of care.
(3) Have current immunization records unless medically contraindicated as stated by the child’s attending physician and surgeon at the time of admission and pose no significant risk of infection to others in the facility.
(4) Have the consent of the parent or legal guardian for the admission.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1227, Sec. 8. Effective September 24, 1990.)