Today, the Adult and Senior Care Program at DSS, Community Care Licensing Division released its Summer 2017 Update. This issue includes a note from Pamela Dickfoss, Deputy Director, who outlines the top five priorities of the Adult & Senior Care Program. These top five priorities include: 1) Medication Administration, specifically clarifying what self-administration means and expanding scope, 2) Uniform Resident Assessment Tool for perspective residents and determining facility services and costs, 3) Training for Licensing Program Analysts to improve full range of citation authority, 4) Consistent Standards when writing licensing reports, particularly citations and 5) Facility Staffing Standards based on the needs of the resident population.
Dickfoss also notes that the penalties in AB 2231 went into effect July 1, 2017 and include:
• A civil penalty for failing to correct a deficiency within the Plan of Correction (POC) due date will increase to $100 per violation per day.
• A repeat violation will increase to $250 per violation for the first day and then $100 per violation each day until corrected.
• Immediate civil penalty for specific violations will increase to $500 per violation and $100 per violation for each day the violation continues.
• A civil penalty will be due and payable after administrative appeals have been exhausted.
More information can be found in PIN 17-02-CCLD.