All Facilities Letters (AFLs)

2010 AFLs

• AFL 10-03: Emergency Medication Supply Kits

2009 AFLs

• AFL 09-56: Medication Safety: Storage of Medications Requiring Refrigeration

• AFL 09-54: Call for Applications to Participate in the Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Pilot Program   

• AFL 09-53: 1135 Waiver Request Process    
  • Waiver or modification of requirements under section 1135 of the Social Security Act
  • Waiver criteria

• AFL 09-49: Hospital Security Plans  

• AFL 09-43: New CHT Certification Requirements  
  • AFL 09-43 Attachment: Certified Hemodialisyst Renewal Applicaton

• AFL 09-42: Care and Treatment of Psychiatric Emergency Medical Conditions 

• AFL 09-41: Health Facility Connection Port Prohibitions   

•  AFL 09-39: H1N1 Response 
  • AFL 09-39 Attachment: Temporary Permission for Program Flexibility

• AFL 09-37: Disaster and Emergency Response and Medical Screening Exams
  • AFL 09-37 Attachment

• AFL 09-35: License Application Fee  

• AFL 09-33: General Acute Care Hospitals - Call for Letters of Intent to Apply for Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Pilot Program

• AFL 09-32: AFL 09-32 (H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Requirements)

• AFL 09-31: All General Acute Care Hospitals and Special Hospitals - Change in Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP) Survey Process 

• AFL 09-30:  Home Health Agencies - Centralization of Home Health Agencies Applications

• AFL 09-29: General Acute Care Hospitals - H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Requirements

• AFL 09-26 (Rev): Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Federal Fiscal Year 2010 Certification Surveys

• AFL 09-23: General Acute Care Hospital-CMS Death Reporting Requirements

• AFL 09-20:  Long-Term Care Facilities-H1N1 Influenza Virus – Updated Health Alert 
  • AFL 09-20 Attachment

• AFL 09-17:  Long-Term Care Facilities - Swine Influenza Virus – Health AlertAFL 09-16: General Acute Care Hospitals - Swine Influenza Virus – Health Alert

• AFL 09-14:  All Long Term Care Health Facilities-Hot Summer Weather Advisory
  • AFL 09-14 Attachment

• AFL 09-10:  CDPH HIV Screening in Medical Settings; Information Regarding Recent Relevant Changes to Calif Law; Available Resources to Support Increased HIV Testing in Medical Settings

• AFL 09-09:  General Acute Care Hospitals, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Special Hospitals - Hospital Discharge Planning Policies

• AFL 09-08:  Granting Waivers for Professional Licensure - Health & Safety Code (HSC) Section 1277

• AFL 09-07:  Senate Bill 1058, Senate Bill 158 – Medical Facility Infection Control and Prevention Act – Accrediting and Licensing

• AFL 09-06:  Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Pilot Program - GACHs equipped with cardiac catheter laboratories and no cardiac surgery centers

• AFL 09-05:  Mandated Reporting and Investigation of Adverse Events -Senate Bill (SB) 1301 (Alquist, Chapter 647, Statutes of 2006

• AFL 09-02:  Increased Administrative Penalties for Immediate Jeopardy Violations AUTHORITY:Senate Bill (SB) 541 (Alquist, Chapter 605, Statutes of 2008)

• AFL 09-01:  Patient Safety Plans and Tube Connection Restrictions Senate Bill (SB) 158 (Florez, Chapter 294, Statutes of 2008) (Health and Safety Code Sections 1279.6 and 1279.7)

2008 AFLs

• AFL 08-48:  General Acute Care Hospitals and Primary Care Clinics-Site Reporting Requirements for Mobile Health Care Units

• AFL 08-44:  All Facilities - End-of-Life Care

• AFL 08-43:  Health Facilities - Diesel Generators

• AFL 08-42:  Primary Care Clinics - Affiliate Clinic Licensure

• AFL 08-41:  All Health Facilities: Winter Weather Emergency Preparedness Advisory
  • AFL 08-41 Attachment

• AFL 08-40:  Skilled Nursing Facilities - Nursing Homes Launch 5-Star Rating System on the Nursing Home Compare Website

• AFL 08-39:  General Acute and Special Hospitals - Survey Process for Medication Error Reduction Plans (MERP)

• AFL 08-37:  General Acute Care Hospitals - Hospital Brain Death Policy

• AFL 08-36:  All Health Facilities - Dietitians and Dietetic Services Supervisors

• AFL 08-35:  SNFs, Home Health Agencies, Swing Bed Hospitals – Broadband Transmission

• AFL 08-34:  SNFs - L&C Program Procedures for Auditing SNF Compliance with the 3.2 Nursing Hours per Patient-Day Requirement

• AFL 08-33:  All Health Facilities - Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Influenza in California Long-Term Care Facilities

• AFL 08-30:  Certified Hemodialysis Technicians, End State Renal Disease Clinics, Hemodialysis Training Programs - CHT or Patient Care Technician (PCT) Certification

• AFL 08-29: All Health Facilities - Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Forms

• AFL 08-28: All Health Facilities - Impacts of State Budget Impasse to Licensed and Certified Facilities

• AFL 08-27:  All Health Facilities - Criminal Record Clearance

• AFL 08-26:  All Health Facilities - Fiscal Year (FY) 2008/09 License Renewal Fee Schedule

• AFL 08-25:  All Health Facilities - Recall of Environmental Test Systems’ SteriChek “Sensitive” Total Chloramines and Residual Chlorine Reagent Strips

• AFL 08-24:  All Health Facilities - Dietary Service Supervisors

• AFL 08-22:  All Health Facilities - Documents Now Available on CDPH Internet Site

• AFL 08-22: All Health Facilities - Health Advisory Issued Due To Wildfire Smoke
  • AFL 08-21 Attachment

• AFL 08-18: Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities - Application Information for Skilled Nursing Facility or Intermediate Care Facility Management Companies

• AFL 08-17:  General Acute Care Hospitals - New Regulatory Requirements for Compliance with Senate Bill 739 – Reporting of Influenza Vaccination/Declination of Employees and Healthcare Personnel

• AFL 08-16:  All Health Facilities – CDPH Licensing & Certification Program Website

• AFL 08-15: All Health Facilities – Hot Summer Weather Advisory
  • AFL 08-15  Attachment

• AFL 08-10: General Acute Care Hospitals - New Regulatory Requirements for Compliance with Senate Bill 739 – Joining CDPH Group, CLIP Reporting

• AFL 08-09: General Acute Care Hospitals - Mandated Reporting of Staging of Pressure Ulcers

• AFL 08-08: Intermediate Care Facilities - Criminal Record Clearance for Consultants Working as Direct Care Staff

• AFL 08-04: General Acute Care Hospitals - Language Assistance Services

2006-2007 AFLs 

• AFL 06-33: Increased Patient Accomodations