Licensing and certification

All Facilities Letters - Released 2009

Bulletin Number	Facility Type Affected	Subject	Release Date
AFL 09-01	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, General Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilites, Special Hospitals	Patient Safety Plans and Tube Connection Restrictions	12/30/2008
AFL 09-02	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Increased Administrative Penalties for Immediate Jeopardy Violations	01/20/2009
AFL 09-03	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Alternative Birth Centers, Chronic Dialysis Clinics, Congregate Living Health Facilities, Correctional Treatment Centers, General Acute Care Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Intermediate Care Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled – Habilitative, Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled – Nursing, Primary Care Clinics, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Special Hospitals, Surgical Clinics	Unauthorized Access or Disclosure of Patient Medical Information	07/29/2009
AFL 09-04	All Facilities, Skilled Nursing In-House Training Progrsms, Nurse Assistant Training Schools, Home Health Aide Training Programs, Hemodialysis Training Programs, Certified Nursing Assistants, Certified Home Health Aides, Certified Hemodialysis Technicians	New Nurse Assistant, Home Health Aide and Hemodialysis Certificates and Updated Applications and Forms	05/19/2009
AFL 09-05	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Mandated Reporting and Investigation of Adverse Events	01/12/2009
AFL 09-06	General Acute Care Hospitals (Equipped with Cardiac Catheter Laboratories)	Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Pilot Program	02/06/2009
AFL 09-07	General Acute Care Hospitals	Senate Bill 1058, Senate Bill 158 - Medical Facility Infection Control and Prevention Act	01/21/2009
AFL 09-08 (Superseded) See: AFL 12-37	All State and Other Governmental Health Facilities Licensed by the California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program	Granting Waivers for Professional Licensure	03/03/2009
AFL 09-09	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Hospital Discharge Planning Policies	03/23/2009
AFL 09-10	All Facilities	California Department of Public Health Support of Routine HIV Screening in Medical Settings	04/06/2009
AFL 09-11	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Best Practices for Prevention of Adverse Events	03/13/2009
AFL 09-12	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Informed Consent for Antipsychotic Medication	06/04/2009
AFL 09-14	All Long-Term Care Health Facilities	Hot Summer Weather Advisory	06/05/2009
AFL 09-15	All Health Facilities Covered by the Chico District Office	Relocation of the Chico District Office, Licensing and Certification Program	04/23/2009
AFL 09-16	General Acute Care Hospitals	Swine Influenza Virus - Health Alert	04/29/2009
AFL 09-17	Long-Term Care Facilities	Swine Influenza Virus - Health Alert	04/29/2009
AFL 09-18	All Clinics	Swine Influenza Virus - Health Alert	04/29/2009
AFL 09-19 (Superseded) See: AFL 09-39	General Acute Care Hospitals	H1N1 Influenza Virus - Updated Health Alert	05/13/2009
AFL 09-20	Long-Term Care Facilities	H1N1 Influenza Virus - Updated Health Alert	05/13/2009
AFL 09-21	All Clinics, All Home Health Agencies, All Ambulatory Surgery Centers, All End State Renal Dialysis, All Chronic Dialysis Clinics	H1N1 Influenza Virus - Updated Health Alert	05/13/2009
AFL 09-22	All Health Facilities Covered by the Sacramento District Office	Relocation of the Sacramento District Office	05/12/2009
AFL 09-23	General Acute Care Hospitals	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Death Reporting Requirements	08/03/2009
AFL 09-25	All Facilities	Fiscal Year (FY) 2009/10 License Renewal Fee Schedule	07/21/2009
AFL 09-26	Ambulatory Surgical Centers	Federal Fiscal Year 2010 Certification Surveys	08/06/2009
AFL 09-27	Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities	Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)	12/07/2009
AFL 09-29	General Acute Care Hospitals	H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Requirements	10/01/2009
AFL 09-30	Home Health Agencies	Centralization of Home Health Agencies Applications	08/13/2009
AFL 09-31	General Acute Care Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Change in Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP) Survey Process	08/10/2009
AFL 09-32	Nursing Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities	H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Requirements	10/01/2009
AFL 09-33 (Unavailable)	General Acute Care Hospitals	Call for Letters of Intent to Apply for Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Pilot Program	09/10/2009
AFL 09-35	All Facilities	License Application Fee	11/23/2009
AFL 09-36	General Acute Care Hospitals, Alternative Birthing Clinics, Primary Care Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Prophylaxis for Ophthalmia Neonatorum During Erythromycin (0.5%) Ophthalmic Ointment Shortage	09/08/2009
AFL 09-37	General Acute Care Hospitals	Disaster and Emergency Response and Medical Screening Exams	10/20/2009
AFL 09-38	All Facilities	Reporting of Unauthorized Access or Disclosure of Patient Medical Information	11/19/2009
AFL 09-39	General Acute Care Hospitals	H1N1 Response	10/30/2009
AFL 09-41	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities	Health Facility Connection Port Prohibitions	11/19/2009
AFL 09-42	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals	Care and Treatment of Psychiatric Emergency Medical Conditions	11/23/2009
AFL 09-43 (Superseded) See: AFL 14-04	End Stage Renal Disease Clinics, Certified Hemodialysis Technicians, Hemodialysis Training Programs	New CHT Certification Requirements	11/24/2009
AFL 09-44	Aduly Day Health Centers, Home Health Agencies, Primary Care Clinics	Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) Regulatory Exemptions	12/30/2009
AFL 09-45	Long-Term Care Facilities	Citations and Postings	12/08/2009
AFL 09-46 (Superseded) See: AFL 10-03	Skilled Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities	Emergency Medication Supply Kits	12/30/2009
AFL 09-47	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Nursing Staff-to-Patient Ratios	12/30/2009
AFL 09-48	General Acute Care Hospitals	Outpatient Clinic Supplemental Service	01/14/2009
AFL 09-49	General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psuchiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals	Hospital Security Plans	11/19/2009
AFL 09-53	All Facilities	1135 Waiver Request Process	11/12/2009
AFL 09-54	General Acute Care Hospitals	Call for applications to participate in the Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention(PCI) Pilot Program	12/01/2009
AFL 09-56	All Facilities	Medication Safety: Storage of Medications Requiring Refrigeration	12/31/2009

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