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		<title>New Adult and Senior Care Update from CCL</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/adult-senior-care-update-ccl_02-07-2012/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=adult-senior-care-update-ccl</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Click here to download the update.]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Physician Signatures</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/electronic-physician-signatures_07-19-2011/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=electronic-physician-signatures</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/electronic-physician-signatures_07-19-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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: California has been governed by the California Electronic Transactions Act since 1999. Civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Custodian of Records</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/custodian-records_07-12-2011/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=custodian-records</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/custodian-records_07-12-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free webinar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.  We have posted a free webinar to help clarify some of the details of this new requirement. Click here to view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/physician-orders-life-sustaining-treatment-polst_04-19-2011/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=physician-orders-life-sustaining-treatment-polst</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/physician-orders-life-sustaining-treatment-polst_04-19-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensing Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POLST]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ensuring that residents&#8217; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California POLST Form Updated</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/california-polst-form-updated_04-19-2011/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=california-polst-form-updated</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/california-polst-form-updated_04-19-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensing Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privately Paid Personal Assistant Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/privately-paid-personal-assistant-background-checks_02-01-2011/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=privately-paid-personal-assistant-background-checks</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/privately-paid-personal-assistant-background-checks_02-01-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensing Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Background Checks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCLD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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: To ensure client/resident health and safety, privately paid personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Streamlining Total Care Exceptions</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/streamlining-total-care-exceptions_01-18-2011/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=streamlining-total-care-exceptions</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/streamlining-total-care-exceptions_01-18-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensing Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuesday Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community care licensing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;total care plan&#8221; addendum to their hospice waiver. Click here to read CCL&#8217;s new policy in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New CCL Policy on Orientations</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/ccl-policy-orientations_11-16-2010/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ccl-policy-orientations</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/ccl-policy-orientations_11-16-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensing Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community care licensing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orientation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Community Care Licensing has updated their policy on attending &#8220;orientation&#8221; 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: &#8220;Only those that have never attended an orientation for the specific facility category [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCLD Has Resumed Services</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/ccld-resumed-services_10-05-2010/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ccld-resumed-services</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/ccld-resumed-services_10-05-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensing Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california regulation update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community care licensing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a Tuesday Tip two weeks ago we shared news that CCL had temporarily suspended some of it&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCLD Alert</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/ccld-alert_09-21-2010/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ccld-alert</link>
		<comments>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/licensing-updates/ccld-alert_09-21-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Licensing Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california regulation update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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