Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 73315 - Nursing Service-Patient Care
(a) No patient shall be admitted or accepted
for care by an intermediate care facility except upon the order of a licensed
healthcare practitioner acting within the scope of his or her professional
licensure.
(b) Each patient shall
be treated as an individual with dignity and respect and shall not be subjected
to verbal or physical abuse of any kind.
(c) Each patient, upon admission, shall be
given proper orientation to the intermediate care facility and the facility's
services and staff.
(d) Each
patient shall show evidence of good personal hygiene, including care of the
skin, shampooing and grooming of hair, oral hygiene, shaving or beard trimming,
cleaning and cutting of fingernails and toenails and shall be free of offensive
odors.
(e) Each patient shall be
encouraged and/or assisted to achieve and maintain his highest level of
self-care and independence. Every effort shall be made to keep patients active
except when contraindicated by orders provided by a licensed health care
practitioner acting within the scope of his or her professional
licensure.
(f) Such supportive and
restorative nursing and personal care needed to maintain maximum functioning of
the patient shall be provided.
(g)
Treatment for minor illness or routine treatments for minor disorders when
ordered by the licensed health care practitioner acting within the scope of his
or her professional licensure shall be administered by nursing
personnel.
(h) Bedside nursing care
may be provided on a temporary basis when the attending licensed health care
practitioner acting within the scope of his or her professional licensure
determines the illness to be temporary and minor.
(i) When a patient requires services which
are not considered to be intermediate care services, the licensed health care
practitioner acting within the scope of his or her professional licensure shall
be notified and arrangements made to transfer the patient from the intermediate
care facility.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1275, 100275 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1276, 1316.5, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
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