3 lessonsAbout 18 minutesNo CE or licensure credit

If the home gives a notice to move out

Three short lessons for families and representatives of a person in an RCFE: what a written notice to move out must say, how much time it must give and when it can be shorter, and who can help: the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Community Care Licensing, the ALW care coordinator and, when it is needed, a lawyer.

Written for

  • Families and representatives
Course version
2026.10.3
Text checked against its sources

Before you begin

What you will be able to do

  • Read a written notice to move out and list what the rules say it must contain, and what is missing from it.
  • Check how much time the notice gives, and tell when a shorter notice needs licensing's written approval first.
  • Know whom to call (the Ombudsman, Community Care Licensing or the ALW care coordinator) and when to get legal help.

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In this course

  1. Read the notice: what it must sayAbout 6 minutes · Not yet
  2. How much time, and when it can be shorterAbout 6 minutes · Not yet
  3. Who can help, and when to get legal helpAbout 6 minutes · Not yet

Sources

Sources behind this course

Each lesson lists the sources it uses. Open the original for the exact rule, form or instruction that applies to your work. The source library describes each one in more detail.

California CDSS (regulation text on Cornell LII)

Title 22, section 87101: Definitions

The definitions of transfer trauma, representative and responsible person.

Where to look: Subdivisions (r)(3), (r)(6) and (t)(2).

Open section 87101 on Cornell LII
California CDSS (regulation text on Cornell LII)

California Code of Regulations, title 22, section 87224 (Eviction procedures)

The five reasons a licensee may evict, the thirty-, sixty- and three-day notices, the notice content, the copy to the responsible person, the five-day report and the hospice exception.

Where to look: Subdivisions (a) to (i).

Open section 87224 on Cornell LII
California Legislature (statute text on california.public.law)

Health and Safety Code section 1569.682

Relocation duties when a license is forfeited or the facility's use changes: the relocation evaluation, the sixty-day notice, the closure plan and the final list.

Where to look: Subdivisions (a) and (b).

Open section 1569.682
California Legislature (statute text on california.public.law)

Health and Safety Code section 1569.683

The content of a notice to quit and the copy to the responsible person.

Where to look: Subdivisions (a) and (b).

Open section 1569.683
California CDSS

LIC 613C-2, Personal Rights of Residents in Privately Operated Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (3/25)

The personal rights of residents in a privately run RCFE, when they are explained and given, the posting rule, and the complaint and elder-abuse contacts.

Where to look: Page 1 (explanation and contacts), pages 2 to 5 (the rights), page 7 (the signature block).

Open LIC 613C-2 (PDF)
California Department of Aging

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

What the Ombudsman program does for residents of long-term care facilities, the statewide hotline and how to find a local office.

Where to look: How To Find Services In My Area; What Services Are Available; An Ombudsman.

Open the Ombudsman page
California DHCS, approved by CMS

ALW waiver application CA.0431.R04.01, 2024 to 2029, as amended March 1, 2025

The care coordinator's monthly contact and ISP reviews, and how DHCS and the CCA help a participant who may have to relocate.

Where to look: Appendix B-2 (Participant Safeguards), Appendix C-1/C-3 (Care Coordination) and Appendix D-1.

Open the current ALW waiver (PDF)
Call the ALW teamFit check