RCFE Compliance Blog
Practical guides for California RCFE administrators — written with a working, certified administrator, mapped to actual Title 22 requirements and forms.
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DSS Is at Your Door: What Analysts Check First in an RCFE Visit
Medication records, staff files, resident charts, postings, and incident follow-through — the five things a licensing analyst goes to first, and how to be visit-ready every day.
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RCFE Admission Paperwork: Every LIC Form You Need, Explained
LIC 601, 602A, 603, 625, and the rest of the complete resident file — what each form does, who signs it, and which ones must be updated after admission.
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ICTP Requirements for New RCFE Administrators in California
The 80-hour training program, the 60-day exam window and three-attempt rule, the LIC 9214 application, and the timeline from enrolled to certified.
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RCFE Administrator Recertification: The 40-Hour CE Checklist
The 40 hours and how they must split — live vs self-paced, dementia and law/regulation minimums — plus what a lapsed certificate actually costs you.
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How to Choose a DSS-Approved RCFE CE Course (Without Wasting Hours)
Vendor approval numbers, the live/self-paced split, required topics, and the questions to ask any CE vendor before you pay.
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Title 22 Medication Documentation Requirements for RCFEs: The Complete Checklist
Every record your facility needs to keep for medications — centrally stored med logs, MAR entries, PRN documentation, and destruction records — and what a DSS analyst checks first.