California Health and Safety Code

§ 1256.01

HSC § 1256.01 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Program is hereby established in the department. The purpose of the program is to allow the department to certify general acute care hospitals that do not offer cardiac surgery services but are licensed to provide cardiac catheterization laboratory service in California, and that meet the requirements of this section, to perform scheduled, elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stent placement for eligible patients.

(b)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1)“Certified hospital” means an eligible hospital that is certified by the department to participate in the Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Program established by this section.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 136, Sec. 2. (SB 1464) Effective January 1, 2025.