Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 2 > Chapter 3.2 > Article 7 - Levels of Care

• Care and supervision: means the facility assumes responsibility for, or provides or promises to provide in the future, ongoing assistance with activities of daily living without which the resident's physical health, mental health, safety, or welfare would be endangered. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the State Department of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
• Director: means the Director of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• License: means a basic permit to operate a residential care facility for the elderly. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Personal activities of daily living: means any of the following: dressing, feeding, toileting, bathing, grooming, and mobility and associated tasks. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
• Personal care: means assistance with personal activities of daily living, to help provide for and maintain physical and psychosocial comfort. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
• Probate: Proving a will
• Residential care facility for the elderly: means a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons 60 years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, or personal care are provided, based upon their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2