California Health and Safety Code Section 1250​​ 

1250. As used in this chapter, “health facility” means any facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence and rehabilitation and including care during and after pregnancy, or for any one or more of these purposes, for one or more person, to which the persons are admitted for a 24-hour stay or longer, and includes the following types: …​​ 

(a) “General acute care hospital” …​​ 

(b) “Acute psychiatric hospital” …​​ 

(c) “Chaw saib xyuas neeg mob uas muaj kev txawj ntse” …​​ 

(d) “Chaw saib xyuas neeg mob theem nrab” …​​ 

(e) “Intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative” facility …​​ 

(f) “Tsev kho mob tshwj xeeb” …​​ 

(g) "Chaw saib xyuas neeg mob theem nrab/cov neeg xiam oob qhab hauv kev loj hlob" ...​​ 

(h) "Chaw saib xyuas neeg mob theem nrab/cov neeg xiam oob qhab hauv kev loj hlob - kev saib xyuas neeg mob" ...​​ 

(i) “Chaw kho mob sib sau ua ke” …​​ 

(j) “Correctional treatment center” …​​ 

(k) “Nursing facility” …​​ 

1250.3. …”Chemical dependency recovery hospital” …​​