Cal. HSC § 1418.2
This is the official text of Cal. HSC § 1418.2, part of California’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health, hospitals, controlled substances, and environmental health standards.
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Official statutory text
(a) Every facility licensed pursuant to subdivisions (c), (d), (e), and (g) of Section 1250 and every skilled nursing facility licensed separately under subdivision (a) of Section 1250 shall establish and maintain a resident council. Each council shall include the residents of the health facility, and may include family members of residents, advocates, or ombudsman groups interested in residents of health facilities, and personnel of the health facility. Family members of residents shall be invited to meetings of resident councils.
The council shall meet at regularly scheduled intervals, maintain written minutes, including names of council members present, and have minutes available for review by the state department upon its request. Facility policies on resident councils shall in no way limit the right of residents to meet independently with outside persons or facility personnel as determined solely by the residents of the facility.
Written minutes of regularly scheduled council meetings may include recommendations from the council to the licensee of the health facility which shall be provided to the licensee. The licensee shall provide evidence of review and action on these recommendations to the state department upon its request.
(b) Any health facility which fails to establish a resident council as prescribed in subdivision (a) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1280.
(c) The state department shall, by regulation, specify those circumstances under which a health facility may be exempted from the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b), including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) A resident population consisting of a majority of patients with progressively disabling disorders defined in Section 1250.4.
(2) Facilities with no more than six residents which provide alternate means for residents to actively share in planning and enhancing of life in the facility.
(3) Other circumstances as determined by the state department.
The council shall meet at regularly scheduled intervals, maintain written minutes, including names of council members present, and have minutes available for review by the state department upon its request. Facility policies on resident councils shall in no way limit the right of residents to meet independently with outside persons or facility personnel as determined solely by the residents of the facility.
Written minutes of regularly scheduled council meetings may include recommendations from the council to the licensee of the health facility which shall be provided to the licensee. The licensee shall provide evidence of review and action on these recommendations to the state department upon its request.
(b) Any health facility which fails to establish a resident council as prescribed in subdivision (a) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1280.
(c) The state department shall, by regulation, specify those circumstances under which a health facility may be exempted from the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b), including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) A resident population consisting of a majority of patients with progressively disabling disorders defined in Section 1250.4.
(2) Facilities with no more than six residents which provide alternate means for residents to actively share in planning and enhancing of life in the facility.
(3) Other circumstances as determined by the state department.
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