Section 79101 - Application Required(a) A verified application for a new license shall be submitted to the Department whenever either of the following circumstances occur: (1) Establishment of a hospital.(b) The licensee shall submit a verified application for a corrected license to the Department whenever any of the following occur: (1) Construction of new or replacement hospital.(2) Increase in licensed bed capacity.(3) Change of license category.(4) Change of name of hospital.(5) Change of location of hospital.(6) Change in bed classification.(c) Notification by letter shall be sent to the Department when a decrease in licensed bed capacity occurs.(d) All applicants for an initial or renewal license shall provide to the Department, as part of their application for licensure, a detailed written listing of those services to be offered or provided by the hospital. The detailed written listing shall include but not be limited to: (1) Age range of patients for whom care will be provided.(2) Classifications of chemical dependencies to be treated.(3) Descriptions of each of the specific elements of the overall treatment program.(4) All proposed modifications to existing approved treatment programs.(e) No hospital shall implement an initial program nor modify the hospital's existing approved program prior to obtaining the written approval of the Department.(f) Recognized authorities in the field of chemical dependency shall be utilized by the Department in the review of initial programs and modifications to approved programs.(g) If the Department denies the initial program or any modification to the approved program the Department shall notify the applicant or licensee in writing specifying the reasons therefor.(h) Within 20 days of receipt of the Department's notice, the licensee or applicant may present to the Department a written request for an informal hearing on the issue of whether the Department properly denied approval of the applicant's initial program or proposed modifications to the approved program. The informal hearing, by the Department, shall be held as soon as possible, but not later than 30 calendar days after receipt by the Department of the applicant or licensee's written request.(i) A currently licensed general acute care hospital or a currently licensed acute psychiatric hospital shall meet all the requirements of these regulations in order to have a distinct part of such a hospital approved for chemical dependency recovery services.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 79101
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208(a), 1254, 1254.2, 1275 and 1275.2, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1250.3, 1265, 1267 and 1269, Health and Safety Code.