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2007 California Health and Safety Code Chapter 3.95. Seniors Nursing Home Disclosure
CA Codes (hsc:1599.85-1599.89)
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODESECTION 1599.85-1599.89
1599.85. Long-term health care facilities must prominently and clearly display the following notice on all contracts of admission, and all advertisements used to solicit consumers to enter into contracts of admission: "For more information about our facility, you may call the State Ombudsman's Office at (insert toll-free number)." 1599.86. "Contract of admission," as used in this chapter, includes all documents which a resident or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of, admission to a long-term care health facility as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1326. 1599.87. The Department of Health Services (the Department) shall compile a list of approximately twentyfive% (25%) of the long-term health care facilities with the most serious records of violations of laws or regulations by virtue of proven or admitted Class AA and Class A citations. Those facilities on this list shall include this statement on all contracts of admission, and all advertisements used to solicit consumers to enter into contracts of admission: "This facility's record of citations is posted at the facility, and a copy may be obtained from the Department of Health Services." 1599.88. The Department shall issue regulations to implement this Chapter, including permitting one disclosure to satisfy the requirements of Section 1599.85 for all advertisements on the same page. 1599.89. The remedies for violations of this Chapter are as provided in Government Code Section 12269.
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