How SB 526 changes current law

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the California codes: Section 1218.1 of the Health and Safety Code.

• Section 1218.1 of the Health and Safety Code

  (f), the application and issue a new license, (c)The affiliate clinic application shall be signed by an officer of the clinic corporation’s board of directors or the clinic corporation’s chief executive officer or executive director. (d) (e)Nothing in this the affiliate clinic at any time after receipt of the completed affiliate clinic application. (f) SEC. 2.Section 1218.15 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1218.15.(a)A primary care clinic that meets the conditions for licensure as an affiliate clinic in paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 1218.1, regardless of when it was licensed or whether it was initially licensed using the affiliate process described in Section 1218.1, may do either of the following using the process described in subdivisions (b) to (d), inclusive, of Section 1218.1:(1)File a change of location.(2)File a change of ownership, provided that the clinic corporation acquiring ownership meets the requirements of a parent clinic in subdivision (a) of Section 1218.1.(b)(1)A primary care clinic that meets the conditions for licensure as an affiliate clinic in paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 1218.1, regardless of when it was licensed or whether it was initially licensed using the affiliate process described in Section 1218.1, shall be permitted to identify a parent clinic through a simple notice to the department.(2)If primary care clinic described in paragraph (1) identifies a parent clinic that subsequently closes or surrenders its license, the clinic corporation may designate a new parent clinic that meets the requirements of this section through a simple notice to the department. SEC. 3. → (i), that is signed by an officer of the clinic corporation’s board of directors or the clinic corporation’s chief executive officer or executive director, a license for the affiliate clinic, (5) The parent clinic is not itself an affiliate clinic. (c) (1) (A) A primary care clinic that has held a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license for at least the immediately preceding five years, with no demonstrated history of repeated or uncorrected violations of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter that pose immediate jeopardy to a patient, as defined in subdivision (i), and that has no pending action to suspend or revoke its license, may apply to the department for a change of location using the affiliate clinic application pursuant to subdivision (b). (B) The department shall accept an application from a primary care clinic to change location via the affiliate clinic application pursuant to subdivision (b). (2) Upon receipt of a completed application and application fee, the department may approve the application and issue an updated license, consistent with the timelines established in subdivision (g), without the necessity of first conducting an onsite survey.(d) (1) A clinic corporation shall submit a request to the department to establish another primary care clinic as the parent clinic, pursuant to this section, prior to the closure of a parent clinic. (2) Consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 1218.3, if a clinic corporation submits a request to the department pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall not require a clinic corporation to resubmit any information, materials, or documents required by Section 1212, unless there are any changes to the information, materials, or documents in the corporate file maintained by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1218.3.(3) The department shall approve the request consistent with the timelines established in subdivision (g), provided the new parent clinic meets both of the following:(A) The primary care clinic has held a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license for at least the immediately preceding five years, with no demonstrated history of repeated or uncorrected violations of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter that pose immediate jeopardy to a patient, as defined in subdivision (i), and that has no pending action to suspend or revoke its license.(B) The primary care clinic meets all of the conditions specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subdivision (a).(e) Any changes to the information provided to the department for a clinic, pursuant to this section, shall be filed on forms established and furnished by the department.(f) All fees required under this section shall be assessed by the department in accordance with Section 1266. (g) (h) This not a clinic. (i) SEC. 2.

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