Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 72525 - Required Committees
(a)
Each facility shall have at least the following committees: patient care
policy, infection control and pharmaceutical service.
(b) Minutes of every committee meeting shall
be maintained in the facility and indicate names of members present, date,
length of meeting, subject matter discussed and action taken.
(c) Committee composition and function shall
be as follows:
(1) Patient care policy
committee.
(A) A patient care policy
committee shall establish policies governing the following services: physician,
dental, nursing, dietetic, pharmaceutical, health records, housekeeping,
activity programs and such additional services as are provided by the
facility.
(B) The committee shall
be composed of: at least one physician, the administrator, the director of
nursing service, a pharmacist, the activity leader and representatives of each
required service as appropriate.
(C) The committee shall meet at least
annually.
(D) The patient care
policy committee shall have the responsibility for reviewing and approving all
policies relating to patient care. Based on reports received from the facility
administrator, the committee shall review the effectiveness of policy
implementation and shall make recommendations for the improvement of patient
care.
(E) The committee shall
review patient care policies annually and revise as necessary. Minutes shall
list policies reviewed.
(F) The
patient care policy committee shall implement the provisions of the Health and
Safety Code, Sections
1315,
1316
and
1316.5,
by means of written policies and procedures.
(G) Only a licensed health care practitioner
acting within the scope of his or her professional licensure shall assume
overall care of patients.
(2) Infection control committee.
(A) An infection control committee shall be
responsible for infection control in the facility.
(B) The committee shall be composed of
representatives from the following services: physician, nursing,
administration, dietetic, pharmaceutical, activities, housekeeping, laundry and
maintenance.
(C) The committee
shall meet at least quarterly.
(D)
The functions of the infection control committee shall include, but not be
limited to:
1. Establishing, reviewing,
monitoring and approving policies and procedures for investigating, controlling
and preventing infections in the facility.
2. Maintaining, reviewing and reporting
statistics of the number, types, sources and locations of infections within the
facility.
(3)
Pharmaceutical service committee.
(A) A
pharmaceutical service committee shall direct the pharmaceutical services in
the facility.
(B) The committee
shall be composed of the following: a pharmacist, the director of nursing
service, the administrator and at least one physician.
(C) The committee shall meet at least
quarterly.
(D) The functions of the
pharmaceutical service committee shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Establishing, reviewing, monitoring and
approving policies and procedures for safe procurement, storage, distribution
and use of drugs and biologicals.
2. Reviewing and taking appropriate action on
the pharmacist's quarterly report.
3. Recommending measures for improvement of
services and the selection of pharmaceutical reference
materials.
Notes
2. Amendment of subsections (c)(1)(A) and (c)(1)(F), repealer of subsections (c)(1)(F)1. and (c)(1)(G)-(c)(1)(G)2., redesignation and amendment of former subsection (c)(1)(F)2. as subsection (c)(1)(G) and amendment of subsection (c)(2)(B) and NOTE filed 3-3-2010; operative 4-2-2010 (Register 2010, No. 10).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1275, 100275, 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1276, 1315, 1316, 1316.5, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
2. Amendment of subsections (c)(1)(A) and (c)(1)(F), repealer of subsections (c)(1)(F)1. and (c)(1)(G)-(c)(1)(G)2., redesignation and amendment of former subsection (c)(1)(F)2. as subsection (c)(1)(G) and amendment of subsection (c)(2)(B) and Note filed 3-3-2010; operative 4-2-2010 (Register 2010, No. 10).
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