Ambulatory person - ANSWER Means a person who is capable of demonstrating the
mental competence and physical ability to leave a building without assistance of any other
person or without the use of any mechanical device incase of an emergency (basic cane ok,
quad cane not)
Appropriately skilled professional - ANSWER Means an individual that has training and is
licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures prescribed by a physician. Includes,
not not limited to: rn, lvn, pt, ot, rt. these professionals may include, but are not limited to,
those employed by a home health agency, the resident or facilities and are currently licensed
in ca.
Basic services - ANSWER Means those services required to be proved by the facility in or-
der to obtain and maintain a license and include, in such combinations as may meet the
needs of the residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be operated, the following:
safe and healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and car; observation and su-
pervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medi-
cal and dental care
Capacity - ANSWER Means that maximum number of persons authorized to be provided
services at any one time in any license facility
Certificate holder - ANSWER Means a person who has a current administrators certificate
issued by the dept regardless of whether the person is employed as an administrator in a
residential care facility for the elderly
Conservator - ANSWER A person appointed by the superior court to care for the person
estate or both of an adult
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, Control of property - ANSWER The right to enter, occupy and maintain the operation of
the facility property within regulatory requirements
Deficiency - ANSWER Any failure to comply with any provision of the RCFE and regula-
tions adopted by the dept pursuant of the act
Dementia - ANSWER The loss of intellectual function and other cognitive functions suffi-
cient to interfere with an individual's ability to perform ADL's or to carry out social or occu-
pational activities
Elderly person - ANSWER For purposes of admission into a residential care facility for the
elderly, a person who is 60 yrs or older
Emergency approval to operate - ANSWER Means a temporary approval to operate a fa-
cility for no more than 60 days pending the issuance or denial of a license by the licensing
agent
Exception - ANSWER A variance to a specific regulation based on the unique needs or cir-
cumstances of a specific resident or staff persons
Exemption - ANSWER Variation to the law
Healing wounds - ANSWER Cuts, stage 1 and 2 dermal ulcers as diagnosed by a physician
and incisions that are being treated by an appropriate skilled professional with the affected
area returning to its normal state
Health condition relocation order - ANSWER Written notice by the dept to a licensee re-
quiring the relocation of a resident from a RCFE because the resident has a health condition
which can't be cared for within the limits of the license. This is bad!!
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mental competence and physical ability to leave a building without assistance of any other
person or without the use of any mechanical device incase of an emergency (basic cane ok,
quad cane not)
Appropriately skilled professional - ANSWER Means an individual that has training and is
licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures prescribed by a physician. Includes,
not not limited to: rn, lvn, pt, ot, rt. these professionals may include, but are not limited to,
those employed by a home health agency, the resident or facilities and are currently licensed
in ca.
Basic services - ANSWER Means those services required to be proved by the facility in or-
der to obtain and maintain a license and include, in such combinations as may meet the
needs of the residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be operated, the following:
safe and healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and car; observation and su-
pervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medi-
cal and dental care
Capacity - ANSWER Means that maximum number of persons authorized to be provided
services at any one time in any license facility
Certificate holder - ANSWER Means a person who has a current administrators certificate
issued by the dept regardless of whether the person is employed as an administrator in a
residential care facility for the elderly
Conservator - ANSWER A person appointed by the superior court to care for the person
estate or both of an adult
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, Control of property - ANSWER The right to enter, occupy and maintain the operation of
the facility property within regulatory requirements
Deficiency - ANSWER Any failure to comply with any provision of the RCFE and regula-
tions adopted by the dept pursuant of the act
Dementia - ANSWER The loss of intellectual function and other cognitive functions suffi-
cient to interfere with an individual's ability to perform ADL's or to carry out social or occu-
pational activities
Elderly person - ANSWER For purposes of admission into a residential care facility for the
elderly, a person who is 60 yrs or older
Emergency approval to operate - ANSWER Means a temporary approval to operate a fa-
cility for no more than 60 days pending the issuance or denial of a license by the licensing
agent
Exception - ANSWER A variance to a specific regulation based on the unique needs or cir-
cumstances of a specific resident or staff persons
Exemption - ANSWER Variation to the law
Healing wounds - ANSWER Cuts, stage 1 and 2 dermal ulcers as diagnosed by a physician
and incisions that are being treated by an appropriate skilled professional with the affected
area returning to its normal state
Health condition relocation order - ANSWER Written notice by the dept to a licensee re-
quiring the relocation of a resident from a RCFE because the resident has a health condition
which can't be cared for within the limits of the license. This is bad!!
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