SECTIONS 1599.85-1599.89 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 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 twenty five % (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.