California Health and Safety Code

§ 1569.62

HSC § 1569.62 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 2 · Ch. 3.2 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)The director shall ensure that licensees, administrators, and staff of residential care facilities for the elderly have appropriate training to provide the care and services for which a license or certificate is issued.

(b)The department shall develop jointly with the California Department of Aging requirements for a uniform core of knowledge for the required initial certification and continuing education for administrators, and their designated substitutes, and for recertification of administrators of residential care facilities for the elderly. This knowledge base shall include, as a minimum, basic understanding of the psychosocial and physical care needs of elderly persons, applicable laws and regulations, residents’ rights, and administration. This training shall be developed in consultation with individuals or organizations with specific expertise in residential care facilities for the elderly or assisted living services, or by an outside source with expertise in residential care facilities for the elderly or assisted living services.

(1)The initial certification training for administrators shall consist of at least 80 hours.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 705, Sec. 6. (SB 911) Effective January 1, 2015. Section operative January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.