Section 1569.157.  


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  • (a)  Every licensed residential care facility for the elderly, at the request of a majority of its residents, shall assist the residents in establishing and maintaining a resident-oriented facility council. The council shall be composed of residents of the facility and may include family members of residents of the facility. The council may, among other things, make recommendations to facility administrators to improve the quality of daily living in the facility and may negotiate to protect residents' rights with facility administrators.

    (b)  A violation of subdivision (a) shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 1569.40, but shall be subject to any other provision of this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1127, Sec. 3.)