Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 72607 - Patient Capacity
(a) A
facility shall not have more patients or beds set up for use than the number
for which it is licensed except in case of emergency when temporary permission
may be granted by the Director or designee.
(b) Patients shall not be housed in areas
which have not been approved by the Department for patient housing and which
have not been given a fire clearance by the State Fire Marshal except as
provided in (a) above.
(c) The
number of licensed beds shown on a license shall not exceed the number of beds
for which the facility meets applicable construction and operational
requirements.
(d) In the event that
a vacant licensed bed is not available for training purposes, facilities with
approved precertification training programs may request approval from the
appropriate district office for the designation of a certain bed for clinical
practice which would not be included as a bed licensed for the use of patients.
The following criteria must be met in order to obtain approval:
(1) The bed is to be designated and utilized
for training purposes only.
(2) The
bed is to be located in nonpatient sleeping areas, e.g., classroom, examining
room, etc. The location of the bed is to be indicated.
(3) The bed shall not be equipped with linen
except during staff training hours.
(4) Under no circumstances is a patient to be
assigned to the bed designated for training purposes.
(5) The approval of a bed for training
purposes only shall be contingent upon the approval of the facility's
precertification training program. If the facility discontinues its
precertification training program, the approval for use of this bed for
training purposes is automatically cancelled.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Section 208(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 437.10(a), Health and Safety Code.
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