California Business and Professions Code

§ 2282.5

BPC § 2282.5 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 12

Statute text

(a)The medical staff’s right of self-governance shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)Establishing, in medical staff bylaws, rules, or regulations, criteria and standards, consistent with Article 11 (commencing with Section 800) of Chapter 1 of Division 2, for medical staff membership and privileges, and enforcing those criteria and standards.

(2)Establishing, in medical staff bylaws, rules, or regulations, clinical criteria and standards to oversee and manage quality assurance, utilization review, and other medical staff activities including, but not limited to, periodic meetings of the medical staff and its committees and departments and review and analysis of patient medical records.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 699, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005. See similar section added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 848.