(a) In order to reduce paperwork, eliminate errors, and streamline communications between the department and licensed primary care clinics, a clinic corporation that operates one or more affiliate clinics shall, on behalf of all licensed clinics it operates, act as the administrative headquarters for purposes of receiving from and submitting to the department communications regarding primary care clinic license applications or license renewals, primary care clinic operations, requests for prior approval, additions of services, primary care clinic relocations, required reports of changes in primary care clinic administration and board of directors, notices of deficiencies, and all communications from the department to primary care clinics licensed by the department including communications by mail, e-mail, facsimile, or any other electronic or telephonic means.

(b) The department shall maintain a complete corporate file containing information about each clinic corporation operating one or more affiliate clinics, including all of the following:

(1) A copy of the clinic corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws.

(2) Unless exempt under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1204, a copy of the determination letter to show the clinic corporation’s exempt status under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.

(3) A copy of the clinic corporation’s organizational chart.

(4) Information identifying the clinic corporation’s governing body, including the clinic corporation’s board of directors and corporate officers and required documents.

(5) Information identifying the clinic corporation’s administrators, including the chief executive officer or executive director and medical director.

(c) A clinic corporation shall not be required to resubmit information, materials, or documents identified in subdivision (b) as part of an affiliate clinic application, unless the information, materials, or documents are necessary to complete the corporate file.

(d) A clinic corporation shall submit to the department, on behalf of all licensed primary care clinics operated by the clinic corporation, a single report of change that is applicable to all primary care clinics operated by the clinic corporation, including a change in a principal officer or general manager of the governing body, the medical director, and the clinic administrator, as required by law.

(e) A clinic corporation may submit to the department, on behalf of all licensed primary care clinics operated by the clinic corporation that are within the same license renewal month, a single payment for all primary care clinic licensure renewal fees.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 502, Sec. 5. (SB 442) Effective January 1, 2011.)