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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1599.62

Admission Contracts for Long-Term Health Care Facilities

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 50 Cal. App. 4th 632 - Podolsky v. First Healthcare Corp. (1996)

Most recently applied in 50 Cal. App. 4th 632 - Podolsky v. First Healthcare Corp. (October 1996)

Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 625, Sec. 1.

(a) Contracts of admission shall not include unlawful waivers of facility liability for the health and safety or personal property of residents. No contract of admission shall include any provision which the facility knows or should know to be deceptive or unlawful under state or federal law.

(b) Violation of this chapter shall result in a Class B citation or a deficiency from the department. For purposes of this section, the admission agreement shall be viewed as a whole and shall result in only one citation.

(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter do not preclude a resident from seeking any other remedy and penalties available under all other laws of this state.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.