SACRAMENTO—State regulators have fined a Sacramento psychiatric hospital after finding that a patient died because of poor care.Sierra Vista Hospital was fined $25,000 by the California Department of Public Health.

It was one of several hospitals throughout the state that was fined Wednesday for placing patients at risk of serious injury or death.

An investigative report says an unidentified patient at Sierra Vista complained to nurses about a worsening medical condition, but they failed to notify the doctor.

The physician later told investigators the patient should have been sent to the emergency room. The patient was found on the floor and died shortly after.

The hospital and its owner, Tennessee-based Psychiatric Solutions Inc., declined to comment to The Sacramento Bee.

Wednesday marked the third time the Department of Public Health has disciplined hospitals since a state law took effect in 2007 granting the agency the authority to issue fines. The agency has issued 39 citations since October.