California survey readiness
What California Dept. of Public Health — Licensing & Certification can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.
28 of the outstanding items are the ones a survey opens with.
What California requires
- 96 hours of alternative power. California requires a skilled nursing facility to have an alternative source of power sufficient to protect resident health and safety for no fewer than 96 hours during any type of power outage. It must support temperature-control equipment, life-saving equipment and oxygen-generating devices. Acceptable sources include onsite generation or storage — fuel generators, large-capacity batteries, or renewable generation; battery-based systems must carry the full 96 hours of storage or generation capacity. California AB 2511 (2022)
- Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: Disaster drills at least every six months. 22 CCR §82023
- Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: A drill at least quarterly for each shift, and the type of emergency covered must VARY from quarter to quarter. Actual evacuation of residents is not required and residents may not be compelled to participate. Documentation must record the date, the type of emergency drilled, and the names of the staff who took part. Cal. Health & Safety Code §1569.695; 22 CCR §87212 (Emergency Disaster Plan)
- Proof your plan was filed, and the date it went. California does not file the plan with a single agency — it imposes a DISTRIBUTION duty instead. The written plan must be made available on request to residents onsite, any responsible party for a resident, the local long-term care ombudsman, and local emergency responders. The plan is also subject to review by the Department. Local-authority review is encouraged but not required. Cal. Health & Safety Code §1569.695; 22 CCR §87212 (Emergency Disaster Plan)
- The state's own form: LIC 610E. California prescribes its own form — LIC 610E, Emergency and Disaster Plan for Residential Facilities — and requires the plan to contain every element on it. Complete that form; this document supplements it and does not replace it. (Adult residential facilities use the sibling form LIC 610D.) Cal. Health & Safety Code §1569.695; 22 CCR §87212 (Emergency Disaster Plan)
- Required plan contents. The disaster and mass casualty plan must be in writing and readily available, and must include designation of administrative authority and staff assignments; supervision of residents during evacuation or relocation; contact after relocation to confirm the relocation completed as planned; and the means of contacting local agencies — fire department, law enforcement, civil defense and other disaster authorities. 22 CCR §87212
The evidence, and where it comes from
Every item above needs something you can hand over. The California fire drill log produces the drill record at the frequency this state sets, the emergency plan builder writes the plan itself from the same research, and the compliance calendar puts the life-safety tests on dates. Anything you record against the building shows up on the checklist already ticked.
Everything else we’ve researched about California
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- California deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- California deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- California deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
A self-assessment against published rules, not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — California Dept. of Public Health — Licensing & Certification and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.