(a) Notwithstanding that a community care facility means a place that provides nonmedical care under subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 4684.50) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department shall jointly implement with the State Department of Developmental Services a licensing program to provide special health care and intensive support services to adults in homelike community settings. (b) The State Department of Social Services may license, subject to the following conditions, an Adult Residential Facility for Persons with Special Health Care Needs to provide 24-hour services to up to five adults with developmental disabilities who have special health care and intensive support needs, as defined in subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 4684.50 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (1) The State Department of Developmental Services shall be responsible for granting the certificate of program approval for an Adult Residential Facility for Persons with Special Health Care Needs (ARFPSHN). The State Department of Social Services shall not issue a license unless the applicant has obtained a certification of program approval from the State Department of Developmental Services. (2) The State Department of Social Services shall ensure that the ARFPSHN meets the administration requirements under Article 2 (commencing with Section 1520) including, but not limited to, requirements relating to fingerprinting and criminal records under Section 1522 and administrator certification requirements of an adult residential facility pursuant Section 1562.3, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) Successfully complete a department-approved administrator certification training program requiring a minimum of 35 hours of instruction conducive to learning in which participants are able to simultaneously interact with each other as well as with the instructor, and that provides training on a uniform core of knowledge under Section 1562.3. (B) Unless an extension is granted to the applicant by the department, an applicant for an administratorâs certificate shall, within 60 days of the applicantâs completion of instruction, pass the examination provided for in Section 1562.3. (C) Submit an application for administrator certification to the department to include: (i) An administrator certification application. (ii) A certificate of completion of the administrator certification training program required pursuant to this section. (iii) The fee for processing an administrator certification application, including the issuance of the administrator certificate, as specified in 1562.3. (iv) Documentation that the applicant has passed the examination. (3) The State Department of Social Services shall administer employee actions under Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 1558). (4) The regional center shall monitor and enforce compliance of the program and health and safety requirements, including monitoring and evaluating the quality of care and intensive support services. The State Department of Developmental Services shall ensure that the regional center performs these functions. (5) The State Department of Developmental Services may decertify any ARFPSHN that does not comply with program requirements. When the State Department of Developmental Services determines that urgent action is necessary to protect clients of the ARFPSHN from physical or mental abuse, abandonment, or any other substantial threat to their health and safety, the State Department of Developmental Services may request the regional center or centers to remove the clients from the ARFPSHN or direct the regional center or centers to obtain alternative services for the consumers within 24 hours. (6) The State Department of Social Services may initiate proceedings for temporary suspension of the license pursuant to Section 1550.5. (7) The State Department of Developmental Services, upon its decertif
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