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a) It is unlawful for any person, association, or corporation to establish, conduct or maintain a referral agency or to refer any person for remuneration to any extended care, skilled nursing home or intermediate care facility or a distinct part of a facility providing extended care, skilled nursing home care, or intermediate care, without first having obtained a written license therefor as provided in this

chapter from the director or from an inspection service approved by the director pursuant to

Section 1257. (

b) It is unlawful for any person, association, or corporation to establish, conduct, or maintain a referral agency or to refer any person for remuneration to any person or agency outside a long-term health care facility, as defined in

Section 1418, for professional services for which the long-term health care facility does not employ a qualified professional person to furnish a specific service, including, but not limited to, laboratory, diagnostic, or therapy services, unless the long-term health care facility complies with current federal and state laws regarding the provision of these services and all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The services will be provided in accordance with professional standards applicable to the provision of these services in a long-term health care facility.

(2) The long-term health care facility assumes responsibility for timeliness of the services.

(3) Services are provided or obtained only when ordered by the attending physician and a notation is made in the resident’s medical chart reflecting that the service has been provided to the resident.