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.
Health and Safety Code section 1569.625
The RCFE staff training topics, including topic (6), building and fire safety and the appropriate response to emergencies.
Where to look: Subdivision (c)(6).
Open section 1569.625 on the Legislature’s siteHealth and Safety Code section 1569.695
The RCFE emergency and disaster plan: evacuation, 72-hour self-reliance, transportation, contacts, shelters, shut-offs, procedures for power, call buttons, communication, medications, powered devices, special needs and locating residents; staff training; quarterly drills; annual review; information and keys on hand; who may see the plan.
Where to look: Subdivisions (a) through (g).
Open section 1569.695Health and Safety Code section 1569.72
Bedridden residents in an RCFE: the definition, the fire clearance for homes with bedridden residents, and the 48-hour notice to the local fire authority.
Where to look: Subdivisions (b)(1), (c) and (f).
Open section 1569.72Health and Safety Code section 13131
The State Fire Marshal definition of a nonambulatory person, including a person who cannot respond to an approved signal or a spoken instruction about fire danger.
Where to look: The whole section (one paragraph).
Open section 13131Health and Safety Code section 13113
Automatic sprinkler systems in homes caring for more than six people, and the fire alarm system with detectors in a one-story home for six or fewer ambulatory older adults.
Where to look: Subdivisions (a) and (c).
Open section 13113Health and Safety Code section 13145
Who enforces the State Fire Marshal's fire and panic safety rules: the State Fire Marshal and the city, county or district fire chiefs.
Where to look: The whole section (one paragraph).
Open section 13145Title 22, section 87101: Definitions
The RCFE definitions, including ambulatory person, nonambulatory person and elopement.
Where to look: Subdivisions (a)(7) and (n)(2).
Open section 87101 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87202: Fire Clearance
The fire clearance every RCFE keeps, and the notice and clearance needed before accepting or keeping nonambulatory or bedridden persons.
Where to look: Subdivision (a).
Open section 87202 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87203: Fire Safety
The rule that every RCFE is kept in line with the State Fire Marshal's regulations for protection against fire and panic.
Where to look: The whole section (one sentence).
Open section 87203 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87204: Limitations-Capacity and Ambulatory Status
Licensed capacity, the catastrophic-emergency exception, and rooms approved for ambulatory residents only.
Where to look: Subdivisions (a) and (b).
Open section 87204 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87211: Reporting Requirements
The reports a licensee makes, including fires or explosions on the premises.
Where to look: Subdivision (a)(3).
Open section 87211 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87212: Emergency Disaster Plan
The written disaster and mass casualty plan: authority and staff assignments, the evacuation plan, hospice notice, and posted exit plans and phone numbers.
Where to look: Subdivisions (a), (b) and (c).
Open section 87212 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87303: Maintenance and Operation
Safe and good repair, heating and cooling temperatures, and emergency lighting with no open-flame lights.
Where to look: Subdivisions (a), (b) and (h).
Open section 87303 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87415: Night Supervision
Night staff from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.: familiar with emergency procedures, trained in first aid, and on call or awake by the number of residents.
Where to look: Subdivision (a)(1) and (a)(2).
Open section 87415 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87465: Incidental medical and dental care
Posted emergency numbers and the duty to telephone 9-1-1 when a resident's health faces an imminent threat.
Where to look: Subdivisions (f)(2) and (g).
Open section 87465 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87469: Advance Health Care Directives, Requests to Forego Resuscitative Measures, and Do-Not-Resuscitate Forms
What staff do in a medical emergency when a resident has an advance directive or a request regarding resuscitative measures on file, including the hospice exception.
Where to look: Subdivisions (b), (c) and (d).
Open section 87469 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87606: Care of bedridden residents
The 48-hour notice to the fire authority, the fire clearance, the evacuation plan for bedridden residents and the register of residents.
Where to look: Subdivisions (b), (c) and (f).
Open section 87606 on Cornell LIITitle 22, section 87705: Care of persons with dementia
Fire clearance approval for delayed-egress devices and locked exterior doors, unlocking on all shifts, devices never replacing staff, and the awake night staff rule for small homes.
Where to look: Subdivisions (b)(2), (e)(2), (e)(7) and (f)(2).
Open section 87705 on Cornell LIILIC 610E (12/25), Emergency and Disaster Plan for Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly
The CDSS courtesy form for the RCFE emergency and disaster plan: emergency numbers, staff assignments, resident information, shut-offs, exits, assembly points, shelters, shelter in place, evacuation and emergency procedures, and the administrator's review.
Where to look: Page 1 (explanation), page 2 (assignments) and pages 3 to 8 (the plan sections).
Open the LIC 610E form (PDF)PIN 25-06-CCLD, Extreme Heat Prevention
The notice, dated March 27, 2025, on the risks of extreme heat, the supplies and plan for heat waves, and the immediate report of heat-related incidents, injuries or illnesses.
Where to look: Page 2, Emergency Plan Updates, Reporting Requirements, and CCLD Assistance.
Open PIN 25-06-CCLD (PDF)