California Health and Safety Code

§ 1288.85

HSC § 1288.85 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

Each general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, shall do all of the following by July 1, 2015:

(a)Adopt and implement an antimicrobial stewardship policy in accordance with guidelines established by the federal government and professional organizations. This policy shall include a process to evaluate the judicious use of antibiotics in accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 1288.8.

(b)Develop a physician supervised multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship committee, subcommittee, or workgroup.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 843, Sec. 1. (SB 1311) Effective January 1, 2015.