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Title 17. Public Health - Division 2
Chapter 3: Community Services
Subchapter 4: Residential Services and Quality Assurance Regulations

Article 1 - Definitions

• Section 56001 - Meaning of Words
• Section 56002 - Definitions

Article 2 - General Requirements

• Section 56003 - Residential Services Orientation
• Section 56004 - Facility Service Levels
• Section 56005 - Facility Service Level Approval Process
• Section 56009 - Regional Center Compliance

Article 3 - Program Design

• Section 56013 - Program Design Requirements

Article 4 - Consumer Placement and Relocation

• Section 56016 - Placement and Relocation Requirements
• Section 56017 - Consumer Placement and Relocation Assistance
• Section 56018 - Preadmission Visits
• Section 56019 - Consumer Admission
• Section 56020 - Emergency Placement and Relocation

Article 5 - Consumer Services

• Section 56022 - Consumer IPP Objectives
• Section 56026 - Consumer Notes, Quarterly and Semi-Annual Reports
• Section 56027 - Special Incidents

Article 6 - Welfare and Institutions Code Section 4681.5 Required Direct Care Staff Training

• Section 56031 - Definitions
• Section 56033 - Direct Care Staff Competency-Based Training and Testing Requirements
• Section 56034 - Waiver Requirements for Facilities.
• Section 56034.1 - Foster Family Agency Waiver Requirements
• Section 56035 - Waiver for Prevailing Rate Facilities

Article 7 - Personnel

• Section 56036 - Training Plans
• Section 56037 - Administrator Qualifications and Continuing Education
• Section 56038 - Direct Care Staff Qualifications and Continuing Education Requirements
• Section 56040 - Consultant Qualifications

Article 8 - Monitoring and Evaluation

• Section 56046 - Quality Assurance Plans
• Section 56047 - Regional Center Monitoring of the IPP Objectives
• Section 56048 - Facility Liaison Quality Assurance (QA) Monitoring of the Facility
• Section 56049 - Quality Assurance Evaluation Team
• Section 56050 - Preparation for the Quality Assurance Evaluation
• Section 56051 - Quality Assurance Evaluation
• Section 56052 - Post-Evaluation Activities

Article 9 - Corrective Action Plans and Sanctions

• Section 56053 - Immediate Danger
• Section 56054 - Substantial Inadequacies
• Section 56055 - Insufficiencies
• Section 56056 - Corrective Action Plan (CAP)
• Section 56057 - Sanctions

Article 10 - Records Maintenance

• Section 56058 - Confidentiality
• Section 56059 - Residential Services Records
• Section 56060 - Regional Center Records

Article 11 - Facility Appeals Process

• Section 56061 - Appeal Process
• Section 56062 - Contents of Appeal and Hearing
• Section 56063 - Decision
• Section 56064 - Appeal of the Regional Center's Decision
• Section 56065 - Decision by the Director
• Section 56066 - Implementation of Regional Center Actions During Appeal
• Section 56067 - Good Cause