California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4686

WIC § 4686 Effective Jul 28, 2009Div. 4.5 · Ch. 6 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, an in-home respite worker who is not a licensed health care professional but who is trained by a licensed health care professional may perform incidental medical services for consumers of regional centers with stable conditions, after successful completion of training as provided in this section. Incidental medical services provided by trained in-home respite workers shall be limited to the following:

(1)Colostomy and ileostomy: changing bags and cleaning stoma.

(2)Urinary catheter: emptying and changing bags and care of catheter site.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 9, Sec. 18. Effective July 28, 2009.