(a) During the admission process whenever practicable, hospitals shall provide patients with verbal notification as to the hospital's policies describing the availability of charity care and any process necessary to apply for charity care.
(b) Hospitals shall post multilingual notices as to any policies on charity care in several prominent locations within the hospital, including but not limited to the emergency department, billing office, waiting rooms for purposes of admissions, the outpatient area, and the inpatient area. Said notices shall be published in at least the following languages-English, Spanish, and Chinese; and shall be clearly visible to the public from the location where they are posted.
(Added by Ord. 163-01, File No. 010142, App. 7/20/2001)