California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14043.341

WIC § 14043.341 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1.3

Statute text

(a)Each provider that dispenses, as defined in Section 4024 of the Business and Professions Code, or that furnishes, as defined in Section 4026 of the Business and Professions Code, a controlled drug, a dangerous drug, or a dangerous device to a Medi-Cal beneficiary, or a drug or device requiring a written order or prescription for the drug or device to be covered under the Medi-Cal program, or who obtains a biological specimen from a Medi-Cal beneficiary for the performance of a clinical laboratory test or examination shall maintain a record of the signature of the person receiving the drug or device or from whom a biological specimen was obtained; the printed name of the recipient or person from whom the biological specimen was obtained; the date signed; for a drug or device, the prescription number or a description of the item or items dispensed or furnished; and if the recipient is not the beneficiary for whom the drug or device was ordered or prescribed or from whom a biological specimen was obtained, a notation of the recipient’s relationship to that beneficiary. The signature and printed name of the person from whom a biological specimen is obtained on the requisition provided to the clinical laboratory for performance of the test or examination for which the specimen was obtained shall be sufficient to comply with this section if a copy of the signed requisition is kept by the provider obtaining the biological specimen. Furthermore, no signature is required under this section where the biological specimen is obtained for the purpose of anatomical pathology examinations performed during the inpatient or outpatient surgery if a notation of the performance of the anatomical pathology examination appears in the medical record.

(b)For purposes of this section:

(1)“Biological specimen” shall have the same meaning as in Section 1206 of the Business and Professions Code.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 601, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2004.