(a) In accordance with the compliance schedule approved by the department, but in any case no later than January 1, 2030, owners of all acute care inpatient hospitals shall either:
(1) Demolish, replace, or change to nonacute care use all hospital buildings not in substantial compliance with the regulations and standards developed by the department pursuant to the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act and this act.
(2) Seismically retrofit all acute care inpatient hospital buildings so that they are in substantial compliance with the regulations and standards developed by the department pursuant to the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act and this act.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a hospital’s seismic compliance plan, developed pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section 130065.1, or pursuant to Section 130069.1, and approved by the department, substantiates the need for a delay of up to three years or, at most, five years beyond January 1, 2030, the owner of that general acute care hospital shall, by the deadline authorized in the approved extension, do either of the following:
(1) Demolish, replace, or change to nonacute care use all hospital buildings not in substantial compliance with the regulations and standards developed by the department pursuant to the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 and this act.
(2) Seismically retrofit all acute care inpatient hospital buildings so that they are in substantial compliance with the regulations and standards developed by the department pursuant to the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 and this act.
(c) Upon compliance with this section, the hospital shall be issued a written notice of compliance by the department. The department shall send a written notice of violation to hospital owners that fail to comply with this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 896, Sec. 2. (SB 1447) Effective January 1, 2025.)