California Health and Safety Code

§ 1261.4

HSC § 1261.4 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) A skilled nursing facility shall not contract with a person as a medical director if the person is not, or will not be within five years of the date of initial hire as the facility’s medical director, certified by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, or an equivalent organization as determined by the department, as a Certified Medical Director, except as set forth in paragraph (2).

(2)A medical director already employed in a skilled nursing facility as of January 1, 2022, shall have until January 1, 2027, to become a Certified Medical Director pursuant to this section.

(b)A skilled nursing facility shall submit to the department all of the following information on the medical director on an initial application:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 586, Sec. 1. (AB 749) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, by its own provisions.