(a) The requirements of this Chapter, or of any standard, rule or regulation pursuant thereto, for medical and nursing services shall not apply to any home operated by or exclusively for the members of a religious order or denomination whose tenets forbid subjection of the person to the ministrations of practitioners of medicine or related nursing care, or include reliance on spiritual means alone through prayer for healing. All other provisions of this Chapter and of any such standards, rules and regulations shall be fully applicable to such nursing homes.

(b) Any nursing home which considers itself eligible for the exemptions provided in this Section shall so state on its application for a nursing home license, and on any application for renewal thereof; and shall inform each applicant for admission to patient status therein of the auspices under which the home is operated and of the meaning thereof with respect to the availability of medical and nursing services.

SOURCE: GC § 9955.17.