California Health and Safety Code

§ 1339.42

HSC § 1339.42 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 10.6

Statute text

(a)No private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state, shall do any of the following without a license issued pursuant to this chapter:

(1)Represent itself to be a hospice facility by its name or advertisement, soliciting, or any other presentments to the public, or in the context of services within the scope of this chapter imply that it is licensed to provide those services or to make any reference to employee bonding in relation to those services.

(2)Use the words “hospice facility,“ “hospice home,” “hospice-facility,” or any combination of those terms, within its name.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 673, Sec. 5. (SB 135) Effective January 1, 2013.