Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 70755 - Patients' Monies and Valuables
(a) No licensee shall use patients' monies or
valuables as his own or mingle them with his own. Patients' monies and
valuables shall be separate, intact and free from any liability the licensee
incurs in the use of his own or the institutions' funds and
valuables.
(b) Each licensee shall
maintain adequate safeguards and accurate records of patients' monies and
valuables entrusted to his care.
(1) Records
of patients' monies which are maintained as a drawing account shall include a
control account for all receipts and expenditures, an account for each patient
and supporting vouchers filed in chronological order. Each account shall be
kept current with columns for debits, credits and balance.
(2) Records of patients' monies and other
valuables entrusted to the licensee for safekeeping shall include a copy of the
receipt furnished to the patient or to the person responsible for the
patient.
(c) Patients'
monies not kept in the hospital shall be deposited in a demand trust account in
a local bank authorized to do business in California, the deposits of which are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. A county hospital may
deposit such funds with the county treasurer.
(d) When the amount of money entrusted to a
licensee for patients exceeds $500, all money in excess of $500 shall be
deposited in a demand trust account as specified in (c) above, unless a
fireproof safe is provided on the premises for the protection of monies and
valuables. If a fireproof safe is kept and the licensee desires the protection
accorded by Civil Code Section
1860, he shall
give notice as provided by that section.
(e) Upon discharge of the patient, all
refunds due and all money and valuables of that patient which have been
entrusted to the licensee shall be surrendered to the patient or the person
responsible for the patient in exchange for a signed receipt. Money and
valuables kept within the hospital must be surrendered upon demand and those
kept in a demand trust account or with the county treasurer must be made
available within three normal banking days.
(f) Following the death of a patient, except
in a coroner or medical examiner's case, all money and valuables of that
patient which have been entrusted to the licensee shall be surrendered to the
person responsible for the patient, the executor or the administrator of the
estate in exchange for a signed receipt, within 30 days. Immediate written
notice of the death of a patient without an agent or known heirs shall be given
to the public administrator of the county as specified by Section
1145 of the
Probate Code.
(g) Upon change of
ownership of a hospital, a written verification by a public accountant of all
patients' monies which are being transferred to the custody of the new owners
shall be obtained by the new owner in exchange for a signed receipt.
Notes
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