California Code of Regulations (Last Updated: August 6, 2014) |
Title 22. Social Security |
Division 5. Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies |
Chapter 8. Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled |
Article 1. Definitions |
§ 76023. Client.
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- (a) “Client” means a person who is receiving services from an intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled.(b) Ambulatory Client. “Ambulatory client” means a client who is capable of demonstrating the mental competence and physical ability to leave a building without assistance of any person under emergency conditions.(c) Nonambulatory Client. “Nonambulatory client” means a client who is unable to leave a building unassisted under emergency conditions. It includes, but is not limited to, those persons who depend upon mechanical aids such as crutches, walkers or wheelchairs, and those persons who are profoundly or severely mentally retarded or persons who are totally deaf.
Note
Note: Authority cited: Section 208 (a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276, Health and Safety Code.