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Health & Saf. Code, § 1569.267 · Article 2.5. Resident’s Bill of Rights

Health & Saf. Code, § 1569.267

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) At admission, a facility staff person shall personally advise a resident and the resident’s representative of, and give a complete written copy of, the rights in this article and the personal rights in Section 87468 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. The licensee shall have each resident and the resident’s representative sign and date a copy of the resident’s rights, and the licensee shall include the signed and dated copy in the resident’s record.

(b) Licensees shall prominently post, in areas accessible to the residents and their representatives, a copy of the residents’ rights.

(c) The rights posted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be posted both in English and in any other language in a facility in which 5 percent or more of the residents can only read that other language.

(d) The licensee shall provide initial and ongoing training for all members of its staff to ensure that residents’ rights are fully respected and implemented.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 702, Sec. 1. (AB 2171) Effective January 1, 2015.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=1569.267.
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