Licensing and certification

All Facilities Letters - Released 2011

Bulletin Number	Facility Type Affected	Subject	Release Date
AFL 11-01 (Unavailable)	General Acute Care Hospitals	Patient Safety Licensing Survey	01/03/2011
AFL 11-04	General Acute Care Hospitals	General Acute Care Hospitals: Use of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Space; Program Flexibility (Revises, supersedes AFL-10-13)	02/16/2011
AFL 11-05 (Unavailable)	General Acute Care Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Perinatal Hepatitis B Prophylaxis (Revised)	03/16/2011
AFL 11-06	Home Health Agencies	Fingerprint Clearance Requirements for Owners, Administrators, and Administrator’s Designee	01/06/2011
AFL 11-07	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Hospital Infant Safe Surrender Requirements	06/06/2011
AFL 11-08	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Informed Consent	01/07/2011
AFL 11-09	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, General Acute Care Hospitals, Intermediate Care Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Special Hospitals	Diesel Generators: Health Facilities	01/18/2011
AFL 11-10	All Rehabilitation Agencies (OPT/OSP)	Identification of Extension Locations Annual Report. (Revises, supersedes AFL-10-14)	01/06/2011
AFL 11-11	Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled - Habilitative, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled - Nursing	Licensee Orientation	01/18/2011
AFL 11-12	General Acute Care Hospitals	Joint Commission Survey Reports	02/14/2011
AFL 11-14	All Facilities	Triad Alcohol Prep Pads, Alcohol Swabs, and Alcohol Swabsticks: Recall Due to Potential Microbial Contamination	01/11/2011
AFL 11-15	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Contracts of Admissions	01/31/2011
AFL 11-16	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Rescission of AFL 10-33 - Guidelines for 3.2 Nursing Hours per Patient Day Staffing Audits	01/13/2011
AFL 11-17	Primary Care Clinics	Clinic Corporations and Affiliate Clinic Licensing	06/24/2011
AFL 11-19 (Superseded - see AFL 18-27)	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Guidelines for 3.2 Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NHPPD) Staffing Audits Pursuant to the Authority Provided in Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I) Section 14126.022	01/31/2011
AFL 11-20 (Superseded - see AFL 22-08)	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Appeal Procedures for Penalties Issued Pursuant to Section 14126.022 of the Welfare and Institutions Code	02/02/2011
AFL 11-22	All Health Facilities Covered by the Bakersfield District Office	Relocation of the Bakersfield District Office, Licensing and Certification Program	02/28/2011
AFL 11-23	General Acute Care Hospitals	Senate Bill 1058: Changes in Method for Reporting Surgical Site Infections	03/11/2011
AFL 11-24	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals	Notice of Facility Closure and Elimination or Relocation of Supplemental Services; and Downgrades and Closures of Emergency Departments (Revises, supersedes AFL-10-28)	03/17/2011
AFL 11-26 (PDF)	Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities, Swing Bed Hospitals	Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 “Section S” Submission and Coding Updates	03/28/2011
AFL 11-27 (Unavailable)	Skilled Nursing Facilities, General Acute Care Hospitals	Placement of Patients with Positive Clostridium difficile Tests in Skilled Nursing Facilities – (Revises, supersedes AFL-10-21)	03/25/2011
AFL 11-28	All Facilities	H & P Industries, Inc., the Manufacturer of Povidine/Povidone-Iodine Prep Pads: Recall Due to Potential Microbial Contamination	03/22/2011
AFL 11-30	General Acute Care Hospitals	General Acute Care Hospitals: Use of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Space; Program Flexibility (Revises, supersedes AFL 11-04)	11/02/2011
AFL 11-31	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Questions and Answers about Informed Consent	04/14/2011
AFL 11-32 (Superseded - see AFL 12-15)	General Acute Care Hospitals	Requirements for Reporting Surgical Site Infections	04/27/2011
AFL 11-33 (Superseded - see AFL 12-05)	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Telemedicine Providers	08/03/2011
AFL 11-34 (Superseded - see AFL 13-16)	All Home Health Agencies and Hospices within the Los Angeles District Office	Processing of Home Health Agency and Hospice Applications	06/10/2011
AFL 11-36 (Unavailable)	All Health Care Facilities Licensed by the California Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Program under California Health and Safety Code Section 1266	Proposed Fiscal Year 2011/12 Health Facility Licensing Fee Report	06/07/2011
AFL 11-37	All Facilities	Hot Summer Weather Advisory	06/17/2011
AFL 11-38	General Acute Care Hospitals	Pre-Notice Meeting for Regulations Governing Surgical Site Infections Reporting Requirements	06/17/2011
AFL 11-40 (Superseded - see AFL 12-01)	All Long-Term Health Care Facilities, All Hospices	Elder Justice Act Reporting Requirements	11/10/2011
AFL 11-41 (Unavailable)	All Health Care Facilities Licensed by the California Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Program under California Health and Safety Code Section 1266	Fiscal Year 2011-2012 License Renewal Fee Schedule	07/25/2011
AFL 11-42	All Skilled Nursing Facilities, All Intermediate Care Facilities	Procedures for Modifying the Standard Admission Agreement	09/19/2011
AFL 11-44 (Unavailable)	Skilled Nursing Facilities	California MDS Nuggets Newsletter	07/25/2011
AFL 11-48	All Facilities	County Health Department Inspections of Health Facility Kitchens	12/30/2011
AFL 11-51 (Unavailable)	General Acute Care Hospitals, Primary Care Clinics	Use of Tdap Vaccine Instead of Td Vaccine in Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Clinics	10/07/2011
AFL 11-52	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Adverse Event Reporting Timeframe	10/27/2011
AFL 11-53 (Superseded - see AFL 11-62)	Home Health Agencies	Fingerprint Clearance Requirements for Owners, Administrators, and Administrator’s Designee	10/01/2011
AFL 11-54	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Hospital Charity Care Notice Language Requirements	10/27/2011
AFL 11-55	All Skilled Nursing Facilities, All Intermediate Care Facilities, All Nursing Facilities	Effective Date for the Standard Admission Agreement	10/07/2011
AFL 11-56 (Unavailable)	Home Health Agencies and Community Clinics or Free Clinics	Fiscal Year 2011-2012 License Renewal Fee Schedule (Revises AFL 11-41)	11/04/2011
AFL 11-62	Home Health Agencies	Fingerprint Clearance Requirements for Owners, Administrators, and Administrator’s Designee (Revises AFL 11-53)	12/30/2011