Licensing and Certification

All Facilities Letters - Released 2010

Bulletin Number	Facility Type Affected	Subject	Release Date
AFL 10-01 (Superseded) See: AFL 15-03	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, General Acute Care Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Clarification for Reporting of Healthcare Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU)	03/01/2010
AFL 10-02 (Unavailable)	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, General Acute Care Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Collection of Hospital-Based Outpatient Clinics Providing Primary Care Services Information	03/04/2010
AFL 10-03	Skilled Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities	Emergency Medication Supply Kits	02/11/2010
AFL 10-04 (Unavailable) See: AFL 12-10	General Acute Care Hospitals	Sleep Study Lab Staffing	04/06/2010
AFL 10-05	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Five Star Rating Posting Requirement	03/01/2010
AFL 10-06 (Unavailable)	All Licensed Health Care Facilities	Electronic Delivery of All Facility Letters	04/14/2010
AFL 10-07	General Acute Care Hospitals	Senate Bill 1058 and Senate Bill 739: Changes in Methods of Reporting	03/29/2010
AFL 10-08 (Superseded) See: AFL 11-04	General Acute Care Hospitals	Use of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Space	04/23/2010
AFL 10-09	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Alternative Birth Centers, Chronic Dialysis Clinics, Congregate Living Health Facilities, Correctional Treatment Centers, General Acute Care Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Intermediate Care Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled – Habilitative, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled – Nursing, Primary Care Clinics, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Special Hospitals, Surgical Clinics	Verification of Patient Notification Following a Breach	11/05/2010
AFL 10-10	General Acute Care Hospitals	Patient Safety Licensing Survey (PSLS)	07/19/2010
AFL 10-11	All Licensed Health Care Facilities	California Department of Health Care Services, Medi-Cal Provider Agreement (Institutional Provider), Form DHCS 9098 and Instruction Page	07/23/2010
AFL 10-12	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Donating Unused Medications	06/28/2010
AFL 10-13 (Superseded) See: AFL 11-04	General Acute Care Hospitals	Use of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Space. (Revises, supersedes AFL-10-08)	07/15/2010
AFL 10-14 (Superseded) See: AFL 11-10	All Rehabilitation Agencies (OPT/OSP)	Identification of Extension Locations Annual Report	05/27/2010
AFL 10-15	All Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs)	Request for Identification of CORF Locations	05/27/2010
AFL 10-17	All Long Term Care Health Facilities	Newly Implemented Dual Enforcement Process	07/19/2010
AFL 10-18	All Long Term Care Health Facilities	Hot Summer Weather Advisory	06/28/2010
AFL 10-19	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Policy Change for Imposition of Denial of Payment for New Admissions for Opportunity to Correct Enforcement Actions in Nursing Homes	07/21/2010
AFL 10-20	All Long Term Care Health Facilities	Change of Transfer and Discharge Appeals and Refusal to Readmit Appeal Hearings to the Office of Administrative Hearing and Appeals	08/04/2010
AFL 10-21	General Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities	Placement of Patients with Positive Clostridium difficile Tests in Skilled Nursing Facilities	08/19/2010
AFL 10-22 (Superseded) See: AFL 12-10	General Acute Care Hospitals	Sleep Study Lab Staffing	10/18/2010
AFL 10-23	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Primary Care Clinics, Psychology Clinics, Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled, Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled - Habilitative, Psychiatric Health Facilities, Adult Day Health Centers, Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospitals	Procedure for Requesting Program Flexibility for the Use of Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) Blood Tests to Identify Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in California Healthcare Workers	09/13/2010
AFL 10-24	General Acute Care Hospitals	Pertussis (aka Whooping Cough) Epidemic - Health Alert	08/03/2010
AFL 10-25	Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities, Swing Bed Hospitals	Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 “Section S” and the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)	10/01/2010
AFL 10-27 (Superseded) See: AFL 19-22 (PDF)	Long Term Care Health Facilities, General Acute Care Hospitals	Enhanced Standard Precautions (ESP) for Long-Term Care Facilities	09/07/2010
AFL 10-28	General Acute Care Hospitals Acute Psychiatric Hospitals	Notice of Facility Closure and Elimination or Relocation of Supplemental Services	11/12/2010
AFL 10-29	General Acute Care Hospitals	Regulatory Requirements for Compliance with Senate Bill 739: Mandatory Reporting of Influenza Vaccination/Declination of Hospital Personnel, 2010-2011 Influenza Season	09/16/2010
AFL 10-31	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Pre-Notice Meeting for Regulations Governing Administrative Penalties and Adverse Events	10/01/2010
AFL 10-35	General Acute Care Hospitals	Mandatory Reporting of Influenza Vaccination/Declination of Hospital Personnel	10/14/2010
AFL 10-36	All Licensed Health Care Facilities	Pre-Notice Meeting for Regulations Governing Medical Information Breaches	10/27/2010
AFL 10-37	All Licensed Health Care Facilities	Budget Act Impact on Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Health Facility License Renewal Notices and Assessment of Late Payment Penalties	10/27/2010
AFL 10-38 (Unavailable)	All Licensed Health Care Facilities	Fiscal Year 2010-2011 License Renewal Fee Schedule	10/27/2010
AFL 10-39	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospitals, Congregate Living Health Facilities, Correctional Treatment Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD), Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled – Habilitative (ICF/DD-H), Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled – Nursing (ICF/DD-N)	Winter Weather Emergency Preparedness Advisory	10/26/2010
AFL 10-40	All Licensed Health Facilities Covered by the Orange County District Office	Relocation of the Orange County District Office, Licensing and Certification Program	11/02/2010
AFL 10-42	Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities, Swing Bed Hospitals	Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 “Section S” Submission and Coding Issues	11/16/2010
AFL 10-44	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Pre-Notice Meeting for Regulations Governing Administrative Penalties and Adverse Events	12/01/2012
AFL 10-45	All Licensed Health Care Facilities	Pre-Notice Meeting for Regulations Governing General Acute Care Hospitals	12/13/2010
AFL 10-49	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Five-Star Rating Posting Requirement	12/27/2010
AFL 10-51	All Licensed Health Care Facilities	Pre-Notice Meeting for Regulations Governing Infection Control and Prevention	12/27/2010