§ 1399.360. Unlicensed Personnel Services; Home Care.
16 CA ADC § 1399.360Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
16 CCR § 1399.360
§ 1399.360. Unlicensed Personnel Services; Home Care.
(a) Unlicensed personnel (UP) may perform limited and basic respiratory care or respiratory care related services identified in subdivisions (b) and (c) in the home setting, for for the purposes of patient transfer to the home setting, or at the facility of a Licensed Home Care Employer, provided the following conditions are met:
(2) The UP has been provided initial training, and at least annually, ongoing in-service education, and periodic competency testing specific to each service and equipment-type by either a California licensed respiratory care practitioner (RCP) or other qualified licensed personnel, in accordance with his or her scope of practice, and documentation of such training, education and testing is maintained by the LHCE for a period of four years, and
(3) The LHCE ensures that the patient, the patient's family, or the patient's caregiver(s) are advised prior to or at the time equipment or supplies are delivered, that a RCP or other qualified licensed personnel, in accordance with his or her scope of practice, shall provide follow up checks, by telephone or in-person as appropriate, at the request of the patient or the patient's family, caregiver, or physician, or any person who has had contact with the patient, or as otherwise directed by a plan of care, and such services are provided accordingly.
• positive airway pressure (with or without a back-up rate) devices and supplies;
• intermittent positive pressure breathing devices and supplies;
• ventilators, ventilatory devices and supplies;
• nasotracheal or tracheal suctioning devices and supplies;
• apnea monitors and alarms and supplies;
• tracheostomy care devices and supplies;
• respiratory diagnostic testing devices and supplies, including but not limited to pulse oximetry, CO2 monitoring, and spirometry devices and supplies;
• pulse-dose type or demand conserving oxygen delivery devices or high flow oxygen systems beyond the capabilities of a simple mask or cannula or requiring particulate or molecular therapy in conjunction with oxygen; and
• any other respiratory care equipment and supplies not identified in subdivisions (b) and (c),
(c) In accordance with this section and as it relates to oxygen delivery systems and prefilled cylinders, with the exception of pulse-dose or demand conserving oxygen systems and high flow oxygen systems beyond the capabilities of a simple mask or cannula or requiring particulate or molecular therapy in conjunction with oxygen,
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 3722 and 3765, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 3701, 3702, 3703, 3704, 3717, 3760 and 3761, Business and Professions Code; and Sections 109948.1 and 111656.3, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New article 6 (section 1399.360) and section filed 2-14-2007; operative 3-16-2007 (Register 2007, No. 7).
2. Amendment of section and Note filed 5-25-2012; operative 6-24-2012 (Register 2012, No. 21).
This database is current through 4/12/24 Register 2024, No. 15.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 16, § 1399.360, 16 CA ADC § 1399.360
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