§ 58035. Severe Cognitive Impairment.  


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  • “Severe Cognitive Impairment” means a loss or deterioration in intellectual capacity that:
    (a) is comparable to (and includes) Alzheimer's disease and similar forms of irreversible dementia and;
    (b) is measured by clinical evidence and standardized tests prescribed or approved by the California Partnership for Long-Term Care.
HISTORY
1. New section filed 10-1-98 as an emergency; operative 10-1-98. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 22009(d) (Register 98, No. 41). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-29-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-1-98 order transmitted to OAL 1-28-99 and filed 3-15-99 (Register 99, No. 12).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 22009(a), Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 22003, 22004 and 22005, Welfare and Institutions Code.