California Health and Safety Code

§ 1418.1

HSC § 1418.1 Effective Sep 26, 1990Div. 2 · Ch. 2.4

Statute text

(a)Any person receiving respite care services shall be permitted to bring medications to the skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility if the contents have been examined and positively identified upon the patient’s admission to the facility by the patient’s personal physician and surgeon or a pharmacist retained by the facility.

(b)A skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility providing respite care services shall not be required to afford a person receiving respite care services a bedhold when the person is transferred to a general acute care hospital, as defined in Section 1250.

(c)A skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility providing respite care services shall permit the personal physician and surgeon of a person receiving respite care services to issue advance orders for care and treatment for a period not to exceed 90 days from the date of admission of the person, based on the person’s medical history, diagnosis, and physical assessment conducted upon admission. The skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility may readmit the person for respite care services on the basis of the advance orders for care and treatment, unless the personal physician and surgeon of the person indicates that there has been a significant change in the person’s medical condition. These advance orders shall only be used by the skilled nursing or intermediate care facility during periods in which the person is receiving respite care services.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1329, Sec. 4. Effective September 26, 1990.