{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1427","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1427","heading":"","body":"(a) When the administration of medications, treatments, or other care is not recorded, as required by law, in the health care record for a patient of a long-term health care facility, it shall be presumed that the required medication, treatment, or care has not been provided.\n(b) The presumption established by this section may be rebutted by a licensee only upon a showing of a preponderance of the evidence.\n(c) This presumption applies to any action against any long-term health care facility which is filed by the state department pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250). In any other action against a long-term health care facility, the court may apply the presumption when the interests of justice requires.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 2.4. Quality of Long-Term Health Facilities [1417. - 1439.9.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"2f94c323f48a1d8dd4d717f94f31ddc86c1cdeb61f03ba1775ae5967293cd1f2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1426","next":"us-ca/hsc-1428"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}