(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) âRebuild planâ means a plan to meet seismic standards primarily by constructing a new conforming SPC-5 building for use in lieu of an SPC-1 building. (2) âRemoval planâ means a plan to meet seismic standards primarily by removing acute care services or beds from the hospitalâs license. (3) âReplacement planâ means a plan to meet seismic standards primarily by relocating acute care services or beds from nonconforming buildings into a conforming building. (4) âRetrofit planâ means a plan to meet seismic standards primarily by modifying the building in a manner that brings the building up to SPC-2, SPC-4D, or SPC-5 standards. (b) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), all hospitals seeking an extension for their SPC-1 buildings shall submit to the department an application, in a manner acceptable to the department, by April 1, 2019. (2) If Providence Tarzana Medical Center in the City of Los Angeles or UCSF Benioff Childrenâs Hospital in the City of Oakland seeks an extension for its SPC-1 buildings, it shall submit to the department an application, in a manner acceptable to the department, by September 1, 2019. (3) At a minimum, an application described in paragraph (1) or (2) shall state which of the seismic compliance methods described in subdivision (a) will be used for each SPC-1 building. (c) A hospital owner that has been granted an extension pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 130060 or subdivision (b) of Section 130061.5 may request, and the department shall grant, an additional extension of time as set forth in this section. (d) (1) For a hospital that seeks an extension for compliance based on a replacement plan or retrofit plan, the owner shall submit a construction schedule, obtain a building permit, and begin construction by April 1, 2020. (2) Using the construction schedule submitted pursuant to paragraph (1), the hospital and the department shall identify at least two major milestones relating to the compliance plan that will be used as the basis for determining whether the hospital is making adequate progress toward meeting the seismic compliance deadline. (3) Failure to comply with the requirements described in paragraph (1) or (2), or to meet any milestone agreed to pursuant to paragraph (2), shall result in the assessment of a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per calendar day until the requirements or milestones, respectively, are met. (4) Final seismic compliance shall be achieved by July 1, 2022. (e) (1) For a hospital that seeks an extension for compliance based on a rebuild plan, the department shall grant an extension of up to five years. The owner shall submit, in a manner acceptable to the department, no later than July 1, 2020, the rebuild plan, deemed ready for review, and shall submit a construction schedule, obtain a building permit, and begin construction no later than January 1, 2022. (2) The hospital and the department shall identify at least two major milestones, agreed upon by the hospital and the department, that will be used as the basis for determining whether the hospital is making adequate progress toward meeting the seismic compliance deadline. (3) Failure to comply with the requirements described in paragraph (1) or (4), or to meet any milestone agreed to pursuant to paragraph (2) or (4), shall result in the assessment of a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per calendar day until the requirements or milestones, respectively, are met. (4) For a hospital that has previously submitted to the department a rebuild project under construction, the department may accept certification from the hospital that it has obtained appropriate building permits consistent with an approved incremental plan review and that construction thereunder has commenced and is continuing. The previously approved construction schedule shall be amended to reflect the extension being requested,
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