RCFE ADMINISTRATOR (CALIFORNIA)
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
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1. Admission Agreement - ANSWER ✔ Includes all documents that a
resident
or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of,
admission to a
residential care facility for the elderly licensed under this chapter.
2. Advance Health Care Directive - ANSWER ✔ A written instruction that
relates to the provision of health care when the individual is incapacitated.
Advance directives include, but are not limited to, a Durable Power of
Attorney for Health Care, an Individual Health Care Instruction, a Request
to Forego Resuscitative Measures, or a Do Not Resuscitate Form.
3. Allowable Health Condition - ANSWER ✔ Any health condition that the
licensee is allowed to care for either in accordance with a specific regulation,
or with an exception approved by the licensing agency. This includes
restricted health conditions as specified in Section 87612, Restricted Health
Conditions.
4. Ambulatory Person - ANSWER ✔ 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 aid in case of an emergency.
5. AED - ANSWER ✔ Automated External Defibrillators - portable
electronic device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and can deliver an
, electrical shock, which helps the heart to re-establish an effective rhythm
known as defibrillation
6. ASP - ANSWER ✔ Appropriately Skilled Professional - An individual that
has training and is licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures
prescribed by a physician. This includes but is not limited to the following:
Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Physical
Therapist (PT), Occupational Therapist (OT) and Respiratory Therapist
(RT). T
7. Basic Rate - ANSWER ✔ as defined in Health and Safety Code section
1569.312, means those services required (that meet the needs of residents) to
be provided by the facility in order to obtain and maintain a license; safe and
healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and care; observation
and supervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for
obtaining incidental medical and dental care.
8. Provisional License - ANSWER ✔ Means a temporary, nonrenewable
license, issued for a period not to exceed twelve months (typical max is 6
months)
9. Rehablitation - ANSWER ✔ The effort to reestablish good character since
the date of the last conviction, including, but not limited to, education,
counseling or therapy, training, stable employment, restitution, remorse,
changes in lifestyle, or community service.
10.Representative - ANSWER ✔ Means an individual who has authority to
act on behalf of the resident; including but not limited to, a conservator,
guardian, person authorized as agent in the resident's valid advance health
care directive, the resident's spouse, registered domestic partner, or family
member, a person designated by the resident, or other surrogate
decisionmaker designated consistent with statutory and case law.
11.Residential Care Facility for the Elderly - ANSWER ✔ A housing
arrangement chosen voluntarily by the resident, the resident's guardian,
conservator or other responsible person; where 75 percent of the residents
are sixty years of age or older and where varying levels of care and
supervision are provided, as agreed to at time of admission or as determined
, necessary at subsequent times of reappraisal. Any younger residents must
have needs compatible with other residents.
12.Room and Board - ANSWER ✔ A living arrangement where care and
supervision is neither provided nor available
13.Serious Bodily Injury - ANSWER ✔ An injury involving extreme physical
pain, substantial risk of death, or protracted loss or impairment of function
of a bodily member, organ, or of mental faculty, or requiring medical
intervention, including, but not limited to, hospitalization, surgery, or
physical rehabilitation.
14.Serious Deficiency - ANSWER ✔ Means any deficiency that presents an
immediate or substantial threat to the physical health, mental health, or
safety of the residents or clients of a community care facility.
15.Shall/May - ANSWER ✔ "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
16.Significant Other - ANSWER ✔ A person, including a person of the same
gender, with whom a resident was sharing a partnership prior to his/her
placement in an RCFE
17.Simplified Exemption - ANSWER ✔ An exemption granted on the
department's own motion as authorized in heath and safety code section, if
the individual's criminal history meets specific criteria established by
Department regulation
18.SSI / SSP - ANSWER ✔ Supplemental Security Income / State
Supplemental Program.
19.Substantial Compliance - ANSWER ✔ The absence of any deficiencies
which would threaten the physical health, mental health, safety or welfare of
the residents. (T22, pg. 21)
20.How many days do you have to respond to a resident council written
concern (Title 22 87468.2 & H&S 1569.157)? - ANSWER ✔ 14 days
21.Bed rails that extend the entire length of the bed are prohibited except for :
, A) If the Resident Requests the Bed Rail
B) The Administrator determines the resident requires Handrails
C) Residents who are currently receiving hospice care plan that specifies
the need for full bed rails
D) The resident's responsible party requests the bed rails - ANSWER ✔
C) Residents who are currently receiving hospice care plan that
specifies the need for full bed rails
22.The licensee is responsible for assuring that a record of centrally stored
prescription medications for each resident is maintained for at least
___________. (87465) - ANSWER ✔ 1 Year
23.The notice of deficiency shall be writing and shall not include : (87756)
A) The name of the resident affected
B) The plan developed for correcting each deficiency
C) A date by which each deficiency shall be corrected
D) A reference to the stature or regulation upon which the deficiency is
premised - ANSWER ✔ A) The name of the resident affected
24.During the application review, the licensing agency shall consider for the
purpose of determining capacity ___________. (87158)
A) The physical Energy & Skills for the Licensee as it Relates to their
Ability ti Meet the Needs of the Residents
B) Number of Staff Available to Meet the Care Needs if the Resident
C) Any other household members who may reside at the facility and the
residents
D) All of the Above - ANSWER ✔ D) All of the Above
25.A facility shall notify the local fire jurisdiction within _______ of accepting
or retaining any bedridden person. (87606) - ANSWER ✔ 48 hours
26.Unusual Incident Reports are sent to CCLD and must be reported to the
resident's responsible person within ______ days. (87211) - ANSWER ✔ 7
27.Grab bars shall be maintained for : (87303)
A) Each toilet and bathtub
B) Each toilet and shower
C) Each Toilet, Bathtub and Shower Grab Rails for Resident
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. Admission Agreement - ANSWER ✔ Includes all documents that a
resident
or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of,
admission to a
residential care facility for the elderly licensed under this chapter.
2. Advance Health Care Directive - ANSWER ✔ A written instruction that
relates to the provision of health care when the individual is incapacitated.
Advance directives include, but are not limited to, a Durable Power of
Attorney for Health Care, an Individual Health Care Instruction, a Request
to Forego Resuscitative Measures, or a Do Not Resuscitate Form.
3. Allowable Health Condition - ANSWER ✔ Any health condition that the
licensee is allowed to care for either in accordance with a specific regulation,
or with an exception approved by the licensing agency. This includes
restricted health conditions as specified in Section 87612, Restricted Health
Conditions.
4. Ambulatory Person - ANSWER ✔ 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 aid in case of an emergency.
5. AED - ANSWER ✔ Automated External Defibrillators - portable
electronic device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and can deliver an
, electrical shock, which helps the heart to re-establish an effective rhythm
known as defibrillation
6. ASP - ANSWER ✔ Appropriately Skilled Professional - An individual that
has training and is licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures
prescribed by a physician. This includes but is not limited to the following:
Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Physical
Therapist (PT), Occupational Therapist (OT) and Respiratory Therapist
(RT). T
7. Basic Rate - ANSWER ✔ as defined in Health and Safety Code section
1569.312, means those services required (that meet the needs of residents) to
be provided by the facility in order to obtain and maintain a license; safe and
healthful living accommodations; personal assistance and care; observation
and supervision; planned activities; food service; and arrangements for
obtaining incidental medical and dental care.
8. Provisional License - ANSWER ✔ Means a temporary, nonrenewable
license, issued for a period not to exceed twelve months (typical max is 6
months)
9. Rehablitation - ANSWER ✔ The effort to reestablish good character since
the date of the last conviction, including, but not limited to, education,
counseling or therapy, training, stable employment, restitution, remorse,
changes in lifestyle, or community service.
10.Representative - ANSWER ✔ Means an individual who has authority to
act on behalf of the resident; including but not limited to, a conservator,
guardian, person authorized as agent in the resident's valid advance health
care directive, the resident's spouse, registered domestic partner, or family
member, a person designated by the resident, or other surrogate
decisionmaker designated consistent with statutory and case law.
11.Residential Care Facility for the Elderly - ANSWER ✔ A housing
arrangement chosen voluntarily by the resident, the resident's guardian,
conservator or other responsible person; where 75 percent of the residents
are sixty years of age or older and where varying levels of care and
supervision are provided, as agreed to at time of admission or as determined
, necessary at subsequent times of reappraisal. Any younger residents must
have needs compatible with other residents.
12.Room and Board - ANSWER ✔ A living arrangement where care and
supervision is neither provided nor available
13.Serious Bodily Injury - ANSWER ✔ An injury involving extreme physical
pain, substantial risk of death, or protracted loss or impairment of function
of a bodily member, organ, or of mental faculty, or requiring medical
intervention, including, but not limited to, hospitalization, surgery, or
physical rehabilitation.
14.Serious Deficiency - ANSWER ✔ Means any deficiency that presents an
immediate or substantial threat to the physical health, mental health, or
safety of the residents or clients of a community care facility.
15.Shall/May - ANSWER ✔ "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
16.Significant Other - ANSWER ✔ A person, including a person of the same
gender, with whom a resident was sharing a partnership prior to his/her
placement in an RCFE
17.Simplified Exemption - ANSWER ✔ An exemption granted on the
department's own motion as authorized in heath and safety code section, if
the individual's criminal history meets specific criteria established by
Department regulation
18.SSI / SSP - ANSWER ✔ Supplemental Security Income / State
Supplemental Program.
19.Substantial Compliance - ANSWER ✔ The absence of any deficiencies
which would threaten the physical health, mental health, safety or welfare of
the residents. (T22, pg. 21)
20.How many days do you have to respond to a resident council written
concern (Title 22 87468.2 & H&S 1569.157)? - ANSWER ✔ 14 days
21.Bed rails that extend the entire length of the bed are prohibited except for :
, A) If the Resident Requests the Bed Rail
B) The Administrator determines the resident requires Handrails
C) Residents who are currently receiving hospice care plan that specifies
the need for full bed rails
D) The resident's responsible party requests the bed rails - ANSWER ✔
C) Residents who are currently receiving hospice care plan that
specifies the need for full bed rails
22.The licensee is responsible for assuring that a record of centrally stored
prescription medications for each resident is maintained for at least
___________. (87465) - ANSWER ✔ 1 Year
23.The notice of deficiency shall be writing and shall not include : (87756)
A) The name of the resident affected
B) The plan developed for correcting each deficiency
C) A date by which each deficiency shall be corrected
D) A reference to the stature or regulation upon which the deficiency is
premised - ANSWER ✔ A) The name of the resident affected
24.During the application review, the licensing agency shall consider for the
purpose of determining capacity ___________. (87158)
A) The physical Energy & Skills for the Licensee as it Relates to their
Ability ti Meet the Needs of the Residents
B) Number of Staff Available to Meet the Care Needs if the Resident
C) Any other household members who may reside at the facility and the
residents
D) All of the Above - ANSWER ✔ D) All of the Above
25.A facility shall notify the local fire jurisdiction within _______ of accepting
or retaining any bedridden person. (87606) - ANSWER ✔ 48 hours
26.Unusual Incident Reports are sent to CCLD and must be reported to the
resident's responsible person within ______ days. (87211) - ANSWER ✔ 7
27.Grab bars shall be maintained for : (87303)
A) Each toilet and bathtub
B) Each toilet and shower
C) Each Toilet, Bathtub and Shower Grab Rails for Resident
