licensing and certification

All Facilities Letters - Released 2015

Bulletin Number	Facility Type Affected	Subject	Release Date
AFL-15-01	All Facilities	Certification of Nurse Assistants by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)	01/20/2015
AFL-15-02	Congregate Living Health Facilities Intermediate Care Facilities Intermediate Care Facilities – Developmentally Disabled Intermediate Care Facilities – Developmentally Disabled – Habilitative Intermediate Care Facilities – Developmentally Disabled – Nursing Intermediate Care Facilities – Developmentally Disabled – Continuous Nursing Pediatric Day Health and Respite Care Facilities Nursing Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities	Influenza Season 2014-15: Effects on Long-Term Care Facilities	01/21/2015
AFL-15-03	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals General Acute Care Hospitals Special Hospitals	Reporting of Healthcare Acquired Pressure Ulcers (This AFL supersedes AFL 08-09 and AFL 10-01)	07/17/2015
AFL-15-04	All Facilities	Livanta Quality Improvement Organization Provider Bulletin	02/23/2015
AFL-15-05	General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs) Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)	Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Duodenoscopes: Difficulty Cleaning and Association with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)	02/25/2015
AFL-15-06	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Change of Ownership (CHOW) Notification Requirements	03/04/2015
AFL-15-07	General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs) Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)	Procedural Sedation Policies and Procedures	05/18/2015
AFL-15-08	All State-Owned Licensed Health Care Facilities	New toll-free telephone number for complaints and new email address for entity reported incidents	04/17/2015
AFL-15-09	Skilled Nursing Facilities	California Minimum Data Set (MDS) Nuggets	04/20/2015
AFL-15-10	General Acute Care Hospitals	Senate Bill (SB) 906: Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Program	05/08/2015
AFL-15-11	All Health Care Facilities	Hot Summer Weather Advisory	06/01/2015
AFL-15-12	General Acute Care Hospitals	Pilot Test for the New General Acute Care Hospital Relicensing Survey	06/04/2015
AFL-15-13	All Health Care Facilities	Level II Heat Alert Advisory	07/01/2015
AFL-15-14	Skilled Nursing Facilities Nursing Facilities	National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative	07/07/2015
AFL-15-15 (Unavailable)	All Health Facilities	Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016 Health Care Facility License Fee Schedule	07/08/2015
AFL-15-16	All Facilities	Hepatitis C Screening Clinician Honor Roll	07/28/2015
AFL-15-17	Skilled Nursing Facilities Intermediate Care Facilities	Revision for Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities Arbitration Agreements	08/24/2015
AFL-15-18	Pediatric Day Health and Respite Care Facilities (PDHRCF)	Assembly Bill (AB) 1147: Transitional Health Care Needs Optional Service Units in PDHRCFs	09/14/2015
AFL-15-19	All Facilities	Post Survey Satisfaction Electronic Evaluation (e-Evaluation)	11/16/2016
AFL-15-20	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled-Habilitative Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled-Nursing Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled-Continuous Nursing	Assembly Bill (AB) 918 – Reporting Use of Seclusion or Restraint	11/16/2016
AFL-15-21	Congregate Living Health Facilities (CLHFs)	Assembly Bill (AB) 1211 – CLHF Bed Capacity Increase	11/16/2016
AFL-15-22	All Facilities	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Emergency Preparedness Checklist Revision	11/16/2015
AFL-15-23	Nursing Facilities (NF) Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)	Automated Survey Processing Environment (ASPEN) Web: Electronic Plan of Correction (ePOC) Implementation for Federally Certified Skilled Nursing and Nursing Facilities (SNF/NF) - Provider Access Request	12/07/2015
AFL-15-24	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals (APHs) General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs) Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) Special Hospitals	Assembly Bill (AB) 444: Epidural and Enteral Feeding Connectors	12/07/2015
AFL-15-25	Acute Psychiatric Hospitals General Acute Care Hospitals Special Hospitals	Senate Bill (SB) 675: Hospital Discharge Planning and Family Caregivers	12/07/2015
AFL-15-26	Primary Care Clinics	Assembly Bill (AB) 941 – Exemption from Licensure for Tribal Clinics	12/15/2015
AFL-15-27	General Acute Care Hospitals	Assembly Bill (AB) 389 – Hospital language assistance services	12/15/2015
AFL-15-28	Congregate Living Health Facilities Home Health Agencies Hospice Facilities Intermediate Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities	SB 588: New Labor Code Requirements Regarding Nonpayment of Employee Wages	12/15/2015
AFL-15-29	Primary Care Clinics	Assembly Bill (AB) 1177 – Written Transfer Agreements	12/30/2015
AFL-15-30	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Senate Bill (SB) 361 – Antimicrobial Stewardship	12/30/2015
AFL-15-31	Skilled Nursing Facilities	Updating Emergency and All Facilities Letter (AFL) Recipient Contacts	12/30/2015