Section 97520.1 - Admission(a) All admissions to the facility shall be planned prior to admission, in accordance with section 97520.3.(b) Admission shall be limited to persons needing postsurgical care who have had outpatient surgical procedures performed and who will need to stay at least overnight but not more than 48 hours at the facility.(c) Admission shall be limited to persons recovering from outpatient surgical procedures whose condition would require them to be cared for on an inpatient basis if Postsurgical Recovery Care Facilities did not exist.(d) No person under the age of one year shall be admitted to the facility.(e) No person with a communicable disease shall be admitted to or cared for in the facility.(f) No person shall be admitted without written orders for treatment signed by the attending surgeon.(g) No person shall be admitted to the facility unless examined, immediately prior to the transfer, by a physician or, if the surgery performed was podiatric or dental, the podiatrist or dentist. Such examination shall be documented and a copy placed in the patient's record.(h) If the facility has any outbreak or undue prevalence of communicable or parasitic disease or infestation such as must be reported to the local health officer pursuant to section 97530.33, the facility shall not admit new patients until authorized to do so by the Director.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 97520.1
1. New section filed 3-7-88 as an emergency; operative 3-7-88 (Register 88, No. 12). No Certificate of Compliance required pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 1250.9(m).
2. Editorial correction of HISTORY No. 1 (Register 90, No. 21). Note: Authority cited: Section 1250.9, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1250.9, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 3-7-88 as an emergency; operative 3-7-88 (Register 88, No. 12). No Certificate of Compliance required pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 1250.9(m).
2. Editorial correction of HISTORY No. 1 (Register 90, No. 21).