California Health and Safety Code

§ 1276.65

HSC § 1276.65 Effective Jul 10, 2017Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)“Direct care service hours” means the actual hours of work performed per patient day by a direct caregiver, as defined in paragraph (2). Until final regulations are promulgated to implement this section as amended by the act that added this paragraph, the department shall recognize the hours performed by direct caregivers, to the same extent as those hours are recognized by the department pursuant to Section 1276.5 on July 1, 2017.

(2)“Direct caregiver” means a registered nurse, as referred to in Section 2732 of the Business and Professions Code, a licensed vocational nurse, as referred to in Section 2864 of the Business and Professions Code, a psychiatric technician, as referred to in Section 4516 of the Business and Professions Code, and a certified nurse assistant, or a nursing assistant participating in an approved training program, as defined in Section 1337, while performing nursing services as described in Sections 72309, 72311, and 72315 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, as those sections read on July 1, 2017.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 52, Sec. 3. (SB 97) Effective July 10, 2017.