California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies
Chapter 3 - Skilled Nursing Facilities
Article 5 - Administration
Section 72513 - Administrator

(a) Each skilled nursing facility shall employ or otherwise provide an administrator to carry out the policies of the licensee. The administrator shall be responsible for the administration and management of only one skilled nursing facility unless all of the following conditions are met:

(b) The administrator shall have sufficient freedom from other responsibilities and shall be on the premises of the skilled nursing facility a sufficient number of hours to permit adequate attention to the management and administration of the facility. The Department may require that the administrator spend additional hours in the facility whenever the Department determines through a written evaluation that such additional hours are needed to provide adequate administrative management.

(c) A copy of the current skilled nursing facility regulations contained in this chapter shall be maintained by the administrator and shall be available to all personnel.

(d) The administrator shall be responsible for informing appropriate staff of the applicable additions, deletions and changes to skilled nursing facility regulations.

(e) The administrator shall be responsible for informing the Department, via telephone within 24 hours of any unusual occurrences as specified in Section 72541. If the unusual occurrence involves the discontinuance or disruption of services occurring during other than regular business hours of the Department or its designee, a telephone report shall be made immediately upon the resumption of business hours of the Department.

(f) The administrator or designee shall be responsible for screening patients for admission to the facility to ensure that the facility admits only those patients for whom it can provide adequate care. The administrator, or designee, shall conduct preadmission personal interviews as appropriate with the patient's physician, the patient, the patient's next of kin or sponsor or the representative of the facility from which the patient is being transferred. A telephone interview may be substituted when a personal interview is not feasible.