The Title22 Blog
Plain-language guides about California care homes: CDSS Community Care Licensing, Title 22, RCFEs and ARFs, administrator certification, and the people and agencies around them. For owners, administrators, staff and families. Every rule we cite links to the official source.
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Got a DSS Citation? What It Means and What to Do Next (RCFE and ARF)
After a licensing visit: the plan of correction, what a citation can cost, repeat violations, and how to ask for a review in time.
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Staff File Checklist for a New California Care Home: RCFE and ARF
For a newly opened home: what goes in each staff file, the health screening and clearance deadlines, the training hours, and how RCFE and ARF rules differ.
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What Is CDSS Community Care Licensing? A Plain Guide for California Care Homes
Who CDSS and its Community Care Licensing Division are, what they license, how inspections and complaints work, and the official pages to bookmark.
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What Is Title 22? How California's Care-Home Rules Are Organized
Title 22 explained in plain words: Division 6, the RCFE and ARF chapters, how it fits with the Health and Safety Code, and where to read it free.
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RCFE vs ARF in California: What's the Difference?
Who each home serves, which Title 22 chapter applies, and how administrator training, the exam and renewal differ, side by side.
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How to Check a California Care Home Before You Choose
For families: look up the license, read inspection and complaint reports, ask the right questions, and know who to call for help.
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Who's Who in California's Care-Home Community
A map of the agencies and groups around California RCFEs and ARFs: Licensing, the Ombudsman, APS, regional centers, trainers, associations and advocates.
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DSS Is at Your Door: What Analysts Check First in an RCFE Visit
Medication records, staff files, resident charts, postings, and incident follow-through: the five things a licensing analyst goes to first, and how to be visit-ready every day.
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RCFE Admission Paperwork: Every LIC Form You Need, Explained
LIC 601, 602A, 603, 625, and the rest of the complete resident file: what each form does, who signs it, and which ones must be updated after admission.
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ICTP Requirements for New RCFE Administrators in California
The 80-hour training program, the 60-day exam window and three-attempt rule, the LIC 9214 application, and the timeline from enrolled to certified.
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RCFE Administrator Recertification: The 40-Hour CE Checklist
The 40 hours and how they must split, live vs self-paced, dementia and law/regulation minimums, plus what a lapsed certificate actually costs you.
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How to Choose a DSS-Approved RCFE CE Course (Without Wasting Hours)
Vendor approval numbers, the live/self-paced split, required topics, and the questions to ask any CE vendor before you pay.
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Title 22 Medication Documentation Requirements for RCFEs: The Complete Checklist
Every record your facility needs to keep for medications: centrally stored med logs, MAR entries, PRN documentation, and destruction records, and what a DSS analyst checks first.
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