https://title-22.com/blog/ Plain-language guides for California care homes and families: CDSS Community Care Licensing, Title 22, RCFEs, ARFs, administrator certification, inspections and the people who help. en-us https://title-22.com/blog/dss-citation-rcfe-arf-what-to-do/ https://title-22.com/blog/dss-citation-rcfe-arf-what-to-do/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 After a licensing visit: the plan of correction, what a citation can cost, repeat violations, and how to ask for a review in time. https://title-22.com/blog/staff-file-checklist-rcfe-arf/ https://title-22.com/blog/staff-file-checklist-rcfe-arf/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 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. https://title-22.com/blog/what-is-cdss-community-care-licensing/ https://title-22.com/blog/what-is-cdss-community-care-licensing/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Who CDSS and its Community Care Licensing Division are, what they license, how inspections and complaints work, and the official pages to bookmark. https://title-22.com/blog/what-is-title-22-california/ https://title-22.com/blog/what-is-title-22-california/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 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. https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-vs-arf-california/ https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-vs-arf-california/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Who each home serves, which Title 22 chapter applies, and how administrator training, the exam and renewal differ, side by side. https://title-22.com/blog/check-california-care-home-license/ https://title-22.com/blog/check-california-care-home-license/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 For families: look up the license, read inspection and complaint reports, ask the right questions, and know who to call for help. https://title-22.com/blog/california-care-home-community-guide/ https://title-22.com/blog/california-care-home-community-guide/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A map of the agencies and groups around California RCFEs and ARFs: Licensing, the Ombudsman, APS, regional centers, trainers, associations and advocates. https://title-22.com/blog/dss-inspection-rcfe-what-analysts-check/ https://title-22.com/blog/dss-inspection-rcfe-what-analysts-check/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 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. https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-admission-paperwork-forms-guide/ https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-admission-paperwork-forms-guide/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 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. https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-ictp-requirements-california/ https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-ictp-requirements-california/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 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. https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-administrator-recertification-checklist/ https://title-22.com/blog/rcfe-administrator-recertification-checklist/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 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. https://title-22.com/blog/choose-dss-approved-rcfe-ce-course/ https://title-22.com/blog/choose-dss-approved-rcfe-ce-course/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Vendor approval numbers, the live/self-paced split, required topics, and the questions to ask any CE vendor before you pay. https://title-22.com/blog/title-22-medication-documentation-rcfe/ https://title-22.com/blog/title-22-medication-documentation-rcfe/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 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.