RCFE Certification Exam Questions With
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Ambulatory person - Answer✔Means a person who is capable of demonstrating the mental
competence and physical ability to leave a building without assistance of any other person or
without the use of any mechanical device incase of an emergency (basic cane ok, quad cane not)
Appropriately skilled professional - Answer✔Means an individual that has training and is
licensed to perform the necessary medical procedures prescribed by a physician. Includes, not
not limited to: rn, lvn, pt, ot, rt. these professionals may include, but are not limited to, those
employed by a home health agency, the resident or facilities and are currently licensed in ca.
Basic services - Answer✔Means those services required to be proved by the facility in order to
obtain and maintain a license and include, in such combinations as may meet the needs of the
residents and be applicable to the type of facility to be operated, the following: safe and healthful
living accommodations; personal assistance and car; observation and supervision; planned
activities; food service; and arrangements for obtaining incidental medical and dental care
Capacity - Answer✔Means that maximum number of persons authorized to be provided services
at any one time in any license facility
Certificate holder - Answer✔Means a person who has a current administrators certificate issued
by the dept regardless of whether the person is employed as an administrator in a residential care
facility for the elderly
Conservator - Answer✔A person appointed by the superior court to care for the person estate or
both of an adult
Control of property - Answer✔The right to enter, occupy and maintain the operation of the
facility property within regulatory requirements
Deficiency - Answer✔Any failure to comply with any provision of the RCFE and regulations
adopted by the dept pursuant of the act
Dementia - Answer✔The loss of intellectual function and other cognitive functions sufficient to
interfere with an individual's ability to perform ADL's or to carry out social or occupational
activities
Elderly person - Answer✔For purposes of admission into a residential care facility for the
elderly, a person who is 60 yrs or older
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Emergency approval to operate - Answer✔Means a temporary approval to operate a facility for
no more than 60 days pending the issuance or denial of a license by the licensing agent
Exception - Answer✔A variance to a specific regulation based on the unique needs or
circumstances of a specific resident or staff persons
Exemption - Answer✔Variation to the law
Healing wounds - Answer✔Cuts, stage 1 and 2 dermal ulcers as diagnosed by a physician and
incisions that are being treated by an appropriate skilled professional with the affected area
returning to its normal state
Health condition relocation order - Answer✔Written notice by the dept to a licensee requiring
the relocation of a resident from a RCFE because the resident has a health condition which can't
be cared for within the limits of the license. This is bad!!
Medical professional - Answer✔Includes but not limited to MD, RN, LVN that is licensed in CA
Mild cognitive impairment - Answer✔People whose cognitive abilities are in a "conditional
state" between normal aging and dementia.
Non-ambulatory person - Answer✔A person unable to leave a building unassisted under
emergency conditions. Either due to mental or physical reasons
Non-compliance conference - Answer✔A meeting initiated by the dept that takes place between
licensing and the licensee to afford the licensee an opportunity to correct licensing violations.
This is very bad!!
Provisional license - Answer✔A temporary, nonrenewable license, issued for a period not to
exceed 12 months which is issued in accordance with the criteria specified in section 87162
RCFE - Answer✔Housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by the resident here 75% of the
residents are 60+ and where varying leeks of care and supervision are provided.
Responsible party - Answer✔An individual who assists the resident in placement or assume
varying degrees of responsibility for the residents well-being
Serious deficiency - Answer✔Presents an immediate or substantial threat to the physical health,
mental health or safety of the resident
Shall - Answer✔Mandatory
May - Answer✔Permissive
Substantial compliance - Answer✔The absence of any serious deficiencies
Transfer trams - Answer✔The consequences of the stress and emotional shock caused by an
abrupt, involuntary relocation of a resident from one facility to another
Waiver - Answer✔A variance to a specific regulation based on a facility wide need or
circumstance
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