California Health and Safety Code

§ 1279.7

HSC § 1279.7 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)A health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, shall implement a facilitywide hand hygiene program.

(b)Commencing January 1, 2017, a health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from using an epidural connector that would fit into a connector other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to provide health care.

(c)Commencing January 1, 2016, a health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from using an intravenous connector that would fit into a connector other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to provide health care.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 174. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.