California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1339.33

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in order to be licensed as a special hospital: hospice, each project facility shall meet the requirements of Sections 70101 to 70137, inclusive, 70201 to 70219, inclusive, 70241 to 70279, inclusive, 70701 to 70707, inclusive, and 70708 to 70765, inclusive, of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations; Sections 2-1001A to 2-1015A, inclusive, Section 2-1018A, Sections 2-1020A to 2-1024A, inclusive, Sections 2-1026A to 2-1028A, inclusive, Section 2-1040A, Section 2-1044A, and Section 2-1051A of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations. In addition to complying with these regulations in Titles 22 and 24 of the California Code of Regulations, each facility shall meet, for the duration of the project, the hospice standards used by the Medicare program (42 C.F.R., Part 418, Sections 418.1 to 418.405, inclusive) the Medi-Cal program (subdivision (e) of Sections 51003 to 51543, inclusive, of Title 22, California Code of Regulations), and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' “Hospice Standards Manual.”

Each facility licensed as a special hospital: hospice shall maintain a transfer agreement with a general acute care hospital.