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Chapter 8 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (CDPH)

Article 6 — SKILLED NURSING

2025 California Administrative Code (Title 24, Part 1) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-29 · California

8-600 Alterations to existing buildings or new construction.

8-600. Alterations to existing buildings or new construction.

(a) Alterations to existing buildings licensed as skilled nursing facilities or new construction shall be in conformance with Chapter 4A, Part 2, Title 24, California Code of Regulations and requirements of the State Fire Marshal.

(b) Facilities licensed and in operation prior to the effective date of changes in construction regulations shall not be required to institute corrective alterations or construction to comply with such new requirements except where specifically required or where the Department determined in writing that a definite hazard to health and safety exists. Any facility for which preliminary or working

drawings and specifications have been approved by the Department prior to the effective date of changes to construction regulations shall not be required to comply with such new requirements provided substantial actual construction is commenced within one year of the effective date of such new requirements.

(c) All facilities shall maintain in operating condition all buildings, fixtures and spaces in the numbers and types as specified in the construction requirements under which the facility or unit was first licensed.

Authority: Health and Safety Code Sections 208(a) and 1275. Reference: Health and Safety Code Section 1276.

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Administrative Code (Title 24, Part 1)
2025 California Administrative Code (Title 24, Part 1)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILD…
  2. Chapter 2 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF H…
  3. Chapter 3 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE S…
  4. Chapter 4 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF THE…
  5. Chapter 5 — ACCESS TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS BY PERSONS WITH DISABIL…
  6. Chapter 6 — SEISMIC EVALUATION PROCEDURES FOR HOSPITAL BUILDINGS
  7. Chapter 7 — SAFETY STANDARDS FOR HEALTH FACILITIES
  8. ▸ Chapter 8 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPA…
    Overview
    1. Article 1 — PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS
    2. Article 2 — RETAIL FOOD FACILITIES
    3. Article 3 — ORGANIZED CAMPS
    4. Article 4 — HOSPITALS
    5. Article 5 — ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
    6. Article 6 — SKILLED NURSING
    7. Article 7 — INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES
    8. Article 8 — INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL…
  9. Chapter 9 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL SA…
  10. Chapter 10 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE CALIFORNIA ENE…
  11. Chapter 11 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF …
  12. Chapter 12 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF …
  13. Chapter 13 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF STATE…
  14. Chapter 14 — ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF …
  15. Chapter 15 — DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
  16. Chapter 16 — CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY

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