California Health and Safety Code

§ 1204

HSC § 1204 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

Clinics eligible for licensure pursuant to this chapter are primary care clinics and specialty clinics.

(a)(1) Only the following defined classes of primary care clinics shall be eligible for licensure:

(A)A “community clinic” means a clinic operated by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation that is supported and maintained in whole or in part by donations, bequests, gifts, grants, government funds or contributions, that may be in the form of money, goods, or services. In a community clinic, any charges to the patient shall be based on the patient’s ability to pay, utilizing a sliding fee scale. No corporation other than a nonprofit corporation, exempt from federal income taxation under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended, or a statutory successor thereof, shall operate a community clinic; provided, that the licensee of any community clinic so licensed on the effective date of this section shall not be required to obtain tax-exempt status under either federal or state law in order to be eligible for, or as a condition of, renewal of its license. No natural person or persons shall operate a community clinic.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 27, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.