Section 838 - Quarterly Reports on Convulsive, Insulin Coma, and Prefrontal Sonic Treatment-Application and Requirement(a) The reporting requirements of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5326.15 shall be applicable to all facilities which administer or perform convulsive treatment, insulin coma treatment, or prefrontal sonic treatment involving only direct stimulation of cells or tissue, and to all physicians who provide these treatments outside health facilities.(b) Quarterly, any such facility which has performed these treatments during the prior quarter, or which considers such treatment methods a part of the facility's program, shall report to the local mental health director. These reports shall be made regardless of whether or not any of these treatment methods were used during the quarter. Likewise, any physician who considers any of these methods a service that he or she provides, and whose use of the above-mentioned treatment methods is not included in any facility's report, must submit a quarterly report to the local mental health director even if such treatments were not administered during that particular quarter.(c) Quarterly reports shall be made on a form which shall be issued by the Director of the State Department of Mental Health which shall include all necessary instructions and definitions.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 838
Note: Authority cited: Sections 5325(g), 5326.95 and 5400, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5326.1 and 5326.15, Welfare and Institutions Code.