Community Care Licensing recently posted the Winter 2012 Adult and Senior Care Update to their website. The update includes information on the 2012 SSI rates, civil penalty updates, CCL reorganization, updates to the evaluator manual, and more.
A Tuesday Tip subscriber emailed us to ask if Community Care Licensing (CCL) allows electronic physician signatures for medication orders/prescriptions. Fortunately, CCL provided guidance on this in the Summer 2010 Adult and Senior Care Update. Here is what they had to say:
A new California law being enforced by the Department of Justice requires private and public agencies who receive criminal history information to designate a Custodian of Records who has been confirmed by the DOJ.
Ensuring that residents’ wishes are honored at the end of life is one of the greatest responsibilities for an assisted living provider. Accomplishing this can be challenging due to a variety of factors, including regulatory conflicts, communication issues, and unfortunately a lack of education. The POLST, or Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment form was [...]
On April 1 of this year, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California announced that the California version of the POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) form has been updated. Updates include a change to the color of paper the form is to be printed on (now Ultra Pink) and changes to some of [...]
There continues to be some confusion regarding California Community Care Licensing (CCL) policies regarding criminal clearance background checks for privately paid personal assistants. To clarify, this is the most recent policy from CCL as reported in their Summer 2010 update and in the RCFE Evaluator Manual:
Community Care Licensing recently updated their policy on total care exceptions for residents receiving hospice services. The new policy streamlines the exception process by allowing providers to submit two (of three) required elements in advance as part of a “total care plan” addendum to their hospice waiver.
Community Care Licensing has updated their policy on attending “orientation” prior to submitting a facility license application. Under the new policy licensees who have attended an orientation in the past do not have to attend one again when submitting a new application:
In a Tuesday Tip two weeks ago we shared news that CCL had temporarily suspended some of it’s vital services. This week we have good news; CCL has officially resumed these services, including accepting licensing applications. It appears that some local CCL offices have been slow to bring services back on board, but the California [...]
We have received news from the California Assisted Living Association (CALA) and Aging Services of California regarding significant temporary changes at Community Care Licensing (CCL). Due to ongoing severe budget issues CCL is re-prioritizing its limited resources to prioritize complaint investigations and facility inspections. Although CCL has not yet released an official announcement about these [...]