California Health and Safety Code

§ 1288.7

HSC § 1288.7 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

By July 1, 2007, the department shall require that each general acute care hospital, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control guidelines, take all of the following actions:

(a)Annually offer onsite influenza vaccinations, if available, to all hospital employees at no cost to the employee. Each general acute care hospital shall require its employees to be vaccinated, or if the employee elects not to be vaccinated, to declare in writing that he or she has declined the vaccination.

(b)Institute respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette protocols, develop and implement procedures for the isolation of patients with influenza, and adopt a seasonal influenza plan.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 526, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.