California Department of Social Services PIN 22-13-ASC
April 4, 2022
TO: ALL ADULT AND SENIOR CARE PROGRAM LICENSEES (EXCEPT FOR ADULT RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS)
Original signed by Kevin Gaines
FROM: KEVIN GAINES
Deputy Director
Community Care Licensing Division
SUBJECT: ADULT AND SENIOR CARE (ASC)- UPDATED REGULATIONS FOR INFECTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Provider Information Notice (PIN) Summary
PIN 22-13-ASC updates California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 22, Division 6. This includes a new Infection Control Requirements section and updates to existing infection control prevention standards, as well as for persons in care with a communicable disease, and various other updates. These regulations are intended to ensure that infection control practices are maintained by licensees, staff and volunteers.
These regulations became effective February 7, 2022.
Please post/keep this PIN in the facility where persons in care can easily access it and distribute the PIN Summary (located at the end of this PIN) to persons in care and, if applicable, their representatives.
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