§ 71507. Patients' Rights.
22 CA ADC § 71507Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
22 CCR § 71507
§ 71507. Patients' Rights.
(b) The licensed healthcare practitioner acting within the scope of his or her professional licensure who has overall responsibility for the service, or his or her designee, may for good cause, deny a person any of the rights specified in (a) above, except those rights specified in subsection (7) and (9) above and the rights under subsection (6) may be denied only under the conditions specified in Section 5326.7, Welfare and Institutions Code. The denial, and the reasons therefore, shall be entered in the patient's medical record.
(d) There shall be a procedure established whereby patient complaints are forwarded to hospital administration. Knowledge of this procedure shall be readily available to patients. The hospital administration shall, in all cases, acknowledge to the patient their receipt of his or her complaint. Additional follow-up of the complaint and response to the patient shall be handled as is appropriate.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1275 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 51, Civil Code; Sections 297 and 297.5, Family Code; and Sections 1276, 1316.5, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. Editorial correction of subsection (b) (Register 80, No. 40).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) and Note filed 3-3-2010; operative 4-2-2010 (Register 2010, No. 10).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), adopting subsection (a)(9), renumbering subsections and amending subsection (d) and Note filed 6-23-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 25).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 71507, 22 CA ADC § 71507
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