Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 70737 - Reporting
(a) Reportable
Disease or Unusual Occurrences. All cases of reportable diseases shall be
reported to the local health officer in accordance with Section
2500, Article 1, Subchapter 4,
Chapter 4, Title 17, California Administrative Code. Any occurrence such as
epidemic outbreak, poisoning, fire, major accident, disaster, other catastrophe
or unusual occurrence which threatens the welfare, safety or health of
patients, personnel or visitors shall be reported as soon as reasonably
practical, either by telephone or by telegraph, to the local health officer and
to the Department. The hospital shall furnish such other pertinent information
related to such occurrences as the local health officer or the Department may
require.
(b) Testing for
Phenylketonuria. Hospitals to which maternity patients or infants 30 days of
age or under may be admitted shall comply with the requirements governing
testing for phenylketonuria (PKU) contained in Section
6500 of Title 17, California
Administrative Code.
(c) Rhesus
(Rh) Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn. Hospitals to which maternity patients
may be admitted shall comply with the requirements for the determination and
reporting of the rhesus (Rh) blood type of maternity patients and the reporting
of rhesus (Rh) hemolytic disease of the newborn contained in Section
6510 of Title 17, California
Administrative Code.
(d) Child
Placement. Hospitals shall report to the Department on forms supplied by them,
within 48 hours, the name and address of any person other than a parent or
relative by blood or marriage, or the name and address of the organization or
institution into whose custody a child is given on discharge from the hospital.
The release of children for adoption shall be in conformity with the state law
regulating adoption procedure.
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