Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 51348.2 - Patient Rights
(a)
Patient participation in the comprehensive perinatal services program shall be
voluntary. Each eligible patient shall be informed about the services available
in the program, the potential risks and benefits of participation, and
alternative obstetrical care if she chooses not to participate in the
program.
(b) Prior to the
administration of any assessment, drug, procedure, or treatment, the patient
shall be informed of potential risks or hazards which may adversely affect her
or her unborn infant during pregnancy, labor, birth, or postpartum and the
alternative therapies available to her. The patient has a right to consent or
refuse the administration of any assessment, drug, procedure or
treatment.
(c) The patient has the
right to be treated with dignity and respect, to have her privacy and
confidentiality maintained, to review her medical treatment and record with her
physician or practitioner, to be provided explanations about tests and clinic
procedures, to have her questions answered about procedures, to have her
questions answered about her care, and to participate in the planning and
decisions about her management during pregnancy, labor and delivery.
Notes
2. New section refiled 6-5-87 as an emergency; operative 6-17-87 (Register 87, No. 25). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 10-15-87.
3. Certificate of Compliance filed 9-17-87 (Register 87, No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 10725, 14105 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14053, 14132 and 14134.5, Welfare and Institutions Code.
2. New section refiled 6-5-87 as an emergency; operative 6-17-87 (Register 87, No. 25). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 10-15-87.
3. Certificate of Compliance filed 9-17-87 (Register 87, No. 38).
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