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§ 3999.127. Health Care Ethics Committee.

15 CA ADC § 3999.127Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 15. Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3. Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 2. Rules and Regulations of Health Care Services
Subchapter 1. Health Care Governance and Administration
Article 3. Health Care Workforce Governance
15 CCR § 3999.127
§ 3999.127. Health Care Ethics Committee.
Currentness
(a) The Department shall maintain a Health Care Ethics Committee to provide multidisciplinary consultation, guidance, and education about the ethical aspects of providing health care.
(b) The Health Care Ethics Committee shall consult on and review institutional cases referred by individuals from throughout the Department to the Health Care Ethics Committee wherein staff has identified ethical dilemmas and when staff, patients, or surrogates have questions or are in conflict.
(1) The Health Care Ethics Committee shall not make health care treatment decisions.
(2) The Health Care Ethics Committee shall make recommendations in specific cases in a prospective manner but shall not judge past events or decisions.

Credits

Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Section 5054, Penal Code; and Plata v. Newsom (No. C01-1351 JST), U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
History
1. New section filed 7-1-2019 as an emergency; operative 7-1-2019 (Register 2019, No. 27). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-9-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 12-5-2019 as an emergency; operative 12-10-2019 (Register 2019, No. 49). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-9-2020 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled 3-9-2020 as an emergency; operative 3-10-2020 (Register 2020, No. 11). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-8-2020 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-9-2020 order transmitted to OAL 6-8-2020 and filed 7-20-2020 (Register 2020, No. 30).
This database is current through 5/3/24 Register 2024, No. 18.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 15, § 3999.127, 15 CA ADC § 3999.127
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