§ 71101 - Title 22

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§ 71101 Inspection of Hospitals

TITLE 22. CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

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(a) The Department shall inspect and license hospitals.
(b) Any officer, employee or agent of the Department may, upon
presentation of proper identification, enter and inspect any building
or premise at any reasonable time to secure compliance with, or to
prevent a violation of, any provision of these regulations.
(c) All hospitals for which a license has been issued shall be
inspected periodically by a representative or representatives
appointed by the Department. Inspections shall be conducted as
frequently as necessary, but not less than once every two years, to
assure that quality care is being provided. During the inspection, the
representative or representatives of the Department shall offer such
advice and assistance to the hospital as is appropriate. For hospitals
of 100 licensed bed capacity or more, the inspection team shall include
at least a physician, registered nurse and persons experienced in
hospital administration and sanitary inspections.
(d) The Department may provide consulting services upon request
to any hospital to assist in the identification or correction of
deficiencies or the upgrading of the quality of care provided by the
hospital.
(e) The Department shall notify the hospital of all deficiencies of
compliance with these regulations and the hospital shall agree with the
Department upon a plan of corrections which shall give the hospital
a reasonable time to correct such deficiencies. If at the end of the
allotted time, as revealed by repeat inspection, the hospital has failed
to correct the deficiencies, the Director may take action to revoke or
suspend the license.
(f) Reports on the results of each inspection of a hospital shall be
prepared by the inspector or inspection team and shall be kept on file
in the Department along with the plan of correction and hospital
comments. The inspection report may include a recommendation for
reinspection. All inspection reports, lists of deficiencies and plans of
correction shall be open to public inspection without regard to which
body performs the inspection.
(g) The Department shall have the authority to contract for outside
personnel to perform inspections of hospitals as the need arises. The
Department, when feasible, shall contract with nonprofit,
professional organizations which have demonstrated the ability to
carry out the provisions of this section. Such organizations shall
include, but not be limited to, the California Medical Association
Committee on Medical Staff Surveys and participants in the
Consolidated Hospital Survey Program.

Extracted April 2007  Source