Section 128770.

(a) Any health facility or freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic that does not file any report as required by this chapter with the office is liable for a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) a day for each day the filing of any report is delayed. No penalty shall be imposed if an extension is granted in accordance with the guidelines and procedures established by the office.

(b) Any health facility that does not use an approved system of accounting pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for purposes of submitting financial and statistical reports as required by this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(c) Civil penalties are to be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the office. Assessment of a civil penalty may, at the request of any health facility or freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic, be reviewed on appeal, and the penalty may be reduced or waived for good cause.

(d) Any money that is received by the office pursuant to this section shall be paid into the General Fund.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 32, Sec. 34. Effective June 29, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 73 of Stats. 2011, Ch. 32.)