(a) (1) (A) Except for foster family homes, every licensed community care facility shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department. (B) Foster family homes shall be subject to announced inspections by the department, except that a foster family home shall be subject to unannounced inspections in response to a complaint, a plan of correction, or under any of the circumstances set forth in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2). (2) (A) The department may inspect these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided. (B) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced inspection of a facility under any of the following circumstances: (i) If a license is on probation. (ii) If the terms of agreement in a facility compliance plan require an annual inspection. (iii) If an accusation against a licensee is pending. (iv) If a facility requires an annual inspection as a condition of receiving federal financial participation. (v) In order to verify that a person who has been ordered out of a facility by the department is no longer at the facility. (C) On and after January 1, 2017, and until January 1, 2018, the following shall apply: (i) Except for foster family homes, the department shall conduct annual unannounced inspections of no less than 30 percent of every licensed community care facility not subject to an inspection under subparagraph (B). (ii) The department shall conduct annual announced inspections of no less than 30 percent of foster family homes not subject to an inspection under subparagraph (B). (iii) These inspections shall be conducted based on a random sampling methodology developed by the department. (iv) The department shall inspect a licensed community care facility at least once every three years. (D) On and after January 1, 2018, and until January 1, 2019, the following shall apply: (i) The department shall conduct annual unannounced inspections of no less than 20 percent of adult residential facilities, adult day programs, social rehabilitation facilities, enhanced behavioral support homes for adults, and community crisis homes, as defined in Section 1502, that are not subject to an inspection under subparagraph (B). (ii) These inspections shall be conducted based on a random sampling methodology developed by the department. (iii) The department shall inspect an adult residential facility, adult day program, social rehabilitation facility, enhanced behavioral support home for adults, and community crisis home, as defined in Section 1502, at least once every two years. (E) On and after January 1, 2019, the department shall conduct annual unannounced inspections of all adult residential facilities, adult day programs, social rehabilitation facilities, enhanced behavioral support homes for adults, and community crisis homes, as defined in Section 1502, and adult residential facilities for persons with special health care needs, as defined in Section 4684.50 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (F) On and after January 1, 2018, all of the following shall apply: (i) Except for foster family homes, the department shall conduct annual unannounced inspections of no less than 20 percent of residential care facilities for children, as defined in Section 1502, including enhanced behavioral support homes for children, transitional housing placement providers, group homes for children with special health care needs, and foster family agencies not subject to an inspection under subparagraph (B). (ii) The department shall conduct annual announced inspections of no less than 20 percent of foster family homes, as defined in Section 1502, not subject to an inspection under subparagraph (B). (iii) The inspections in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be conducted based on a random sampling methodology developed by the department. (iv) The department shall conduct unannounced inspections of residential care facilities for children, as defined in Section 1502, including enhanced behavioral support homes fo
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