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All Facilities Letters - Released 2018

 

ā€‹Bulletin Number Facility Type Affectedā€‹ Subjectā€‹ Release Dateā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-01 ā€‹Certified Nurse Assistant training programs Senate Bill 449 - CNA Training Program Requirement Changesā€‹ ā€‹01/05/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-02 ā€‹All Health Care Facilities ā€‹Assembly Bill 1014 - Diesel Backup Generator Testing ā€‹01/05/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-03 ā€‹Hospice Providers ā€‹Senate Bill 294 - Palliative Care Expansion Pilot Program ā€‹01/05/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-04 ā€‹Intermediate Care Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities ā€‹Family Council Requirements ā€‹01/05/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-05 
(Superseded - see AFL 18-05.1)
All Deemed General Acute Care Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, and Hospices ā€‹Referrals to Accreditation Organizations ā€‹01/05/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-05.1 All Deemed Ambulatory Surgical Centers, General Acute Care Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, and Hospices ā€‹Referrals to Accreditation Organizations (AO) Supersedes AFL 17-11 and revises AFL 18-05 ā€‹02/21/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-06 ā€‹All Health Care Facilities Senate Bill 432: Changes to notification requirements to emergency prehospital medical care personnel of exposure to reportable communicable diseaseā€‹ ā€‹01/08/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-07 ā€‹Government Operated Health Facilities Assembly Bill 1456: Professional Licensureā€‹ 01/08/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-08 Congregate Living Health Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF), ICF/Developmentally Disabled (DD), ICF/DD - Continuous Nursing, ICF/DD - Habilitative, ICF/DD - Nursing, Skilled Nursing Facilities Influenza Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilitiesā€‹ā€‹ 01/10/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-09 ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH) Requesting Increased Patient Accommodations Including Medical Surge Tent Use 01/12/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-10 All Long Term Care (LTC) Facilitiesā€‹ Assembly Bill 275 - LTC Facilities Closuresā€‹ ā€‹01/16/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-11 ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals, Hospice Facilities Assembly Bill 1102: Increase in Fines for Retaliation Against Whistleblowersā€‹ 01/23/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-12 ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities Senate Bill 97: Implementation of 3.5 Direct Care Hours and Assembly Bill 130: Quality and Accountability Supplemental Payments  Eligibility Clarificationā€‹ ā€‹01/23/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-13 ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals ā€‹Program Flexibility ā€“ Pharmacy Technicians and Intern Pharmacists ā€“ Senate Bill 1039 ā€‹02/28/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-14 ā€‹All Health Care Facilities ā€‹Senate Bill 798 - 805.01 Reports to the Medical Board of California ā€‹02/28/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-15 ā€‹Hospice Providers ā€‹Hospice Data Reporting to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) ā€‹03/07/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-16
ā€‹Skilled Nursing FacilitiesGuidelines for the Workforce Shortage Waiver of the 3.5 Direct Care Service Hour Requirement and/or the 2.4 Hours Per Patient Day Performed by Certified Nurse Assistantsā€‹03/30/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-17ā€‹Skilled Nursing FacilitiesPosting Schedule for the 3.5 Direct Care Hours - Patient Acuity Waiverā€‹03/30/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-18

ā€‹Intermediate Care Facilities
Management Companies
Primary Care Clinics
Skilled Nursing Facilities

Online Licensing/Certification Application Processā€‹04/ā€‹17/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-19All Health Care Facilitiesā€‹Program Flexibility Requestā€‹05/03/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-20ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹New or Remodeled Pharmacy Clean Rooms and Use of Mobile Sterile Compounding Units (MSCU)ā€‹05/25/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-21ā€‹Congregate Living Health Facilities
Skilled Nursing Facilities
ā€‹Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Training Requirementsā€‹05/25/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-22ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Cardiovascular Surgery Service and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Service Regulationsā€‹06/12/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-23ā€‹ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Surgical Service Regulations0ā€‹6/12/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-24ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Anesthesia Service Regulationsā€‹06/12/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-25ā€‹All Health Care FacilitiesHot Summer Weather Advisory ā€‹06/21/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-26ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilitiesā€‹ Announcement of New Skilled Nursing Facility Direct Care Hours Regulations 0ā€‹6/29/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-27
(Superseded - see AFL 19-16)
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilitiesā€‹ Guidelines for 3.5 Direct Care Service Hours Per Patient Day (DHPPD) Staffing Audits Pursuant to the Authority Provided in Welfare and Institutions Code section 14126.0220ā€‹6/29/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-28All Health Care Facilitiesā€‹Level II Heat Alertā€‹07/05/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-29ā€‹All Health Care FacilitiesFiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 Health Care Facility License Fee Scheduleā€‹07/11/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-30General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Administration Regulationsā€‹07/27/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-31ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Employee/Personnel Records and Requirements Regulationsā€‹07/27/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-32ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH License, Supplemental Service Approval, and Special Permit Regulationsā€‹07/27/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-33ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Medical Records Regulationsā€‹07/27/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-34ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Medical Service Regulationsā€‹07/27/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-35ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Records and Reporting Regulationsā€‹07/27/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-36ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitalsā€‹Request for Stakeholder Input in Amending GACH Regulations Specific to Small and Rural Hospitalsā€‹07/27/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-37ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for Certified Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aide Training Program Regulations0ā€‹9/12/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-38Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF)/Developmentally Disabled (DD)
ICF/DD - Habilitative
ICF/DD - Nursing
ICF/DD - Continuous Nursingā€‹
Implementation of the Federal Emergency Preparedness Regulationā€‹09/14/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-39ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹Reducing Legionella Risks in Health Care Facility Water Systemsā€‹09/17/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-40ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for General Acute Care Hospital Infection Control and Physical Plantā€‹09/17/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-41ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹ā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for Unusual Occurrences Regulationsā€‹10/01/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-42ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for Change of Ownership Regulationsā€‹10/16/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-43ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹California Department of Public Health Influenza Vaccine and Masking Policyā€‹10/19/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-44ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹ Name Change for the Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification (L&C), Centralized Applications Unit (CAU)ā€‹10/22/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-45ā€‹Nursing Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities, and Swing Bed Hospitalsā€‹Minimum Data Set (MDS) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 3.0 Userā€™s Manual v1.16, effective October 1, 2018ā€‹10/22/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-46Skilled Nursing FacilitiesAnnouncement of 45-Day Public Comment Period for Skilled Nursing Facility Direct Care Hours Regulationsā€‹10/23/2018ā€‹
ā€‹AFL-18-47ā€‹Hospice Providers, Hospice Facilitiesā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for Hospice Regulationsā€‹11/02/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-48ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹Public Safety Power Shutoff Power Outage Reportingā€‹11/13/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-49ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals
Acute Psychiatric Hospitals
ā€‹Assembly Bill (AB) 2679 ā€“ Linen Laundry Processesā€‹11/16/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-50ā€‹Certified Hemodialysis Technician Training Program Providers, End Stage Renal Disease Facilitiesā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for Certified Hemodialysis Technician Training Program Regulationsā€‹11/16/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-51ā€‹All Health Facilitiesā€‹Program waiver eligibility pursuant to Executive Order B-57-18, to expedite recovery efforts for health facilities affected by California wildfiresā€‹11/21/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-52ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH)
Acute Psychiatric Hospitals (APH)
ā€‹Assembly Bill (AB) 2798 Hospitals Licensing Timelinesā€‹11/30/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-53ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH)
Acute Psychiatric Hospitals (APH)
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF)
Special Hospitals (SH)
Nursing Facilities (NF)
Correctional Treatment Centers (CTC)
ā€‹Senate Bill (SB) 1138: Food Options: Plant-based Mealsā€‹12/12/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-54ā€‹All Facilitiesā€‹Senate Bill (SB) 1280 - Extension of the Small House Skilled Nursing Facilities Pilot Program and Revision of Application Processā€‹12/12/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-55ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH)
Acute Psychiatric Hospitals (APH)
ā€‹Assembly Bill (AB) 2983 (Arambula) - Health Care Facilities: Voluntary Psychiatric Careā€‹12/12/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-56 (Superseded)
(See AFL 18-56.1)
ā€‹ General Acute Care Hospitals ā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for General Acute Care Hospital Infection Control and Physical Plantā€‹12/21/2018
ā€‹AFL-18-56.1 (PDF)ā€‹ā€‹ General Acute Care Hospitals ā€‹ā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for General Acute Care Hospital Infection Control and Physical Plantā€‹01/17/2019
ā€‹AFL-18-57ā€‹Hospice Providersā€‹Palliative Care Pilot Program Mandatory Annual Reportingā€‹12/31/2018
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