California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies › Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals › Article 6 - Supplemental Services › Section 70651 - Standby Emergency Medical Service, Physician on Call, General Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Written policies and procedures shall be
				  developed and maintained by the person responsible for the service in
				  consultation with other appropriate health professionals and administration.
				  Policies shall be approved by the governing body. Procedures shall be approved
				  by the administration and medical staff where such is appropriate.
(b) The responsibility and the accountability
				  of the emergency medical service to the medical staff and administration shall
				  be defined.
(c) There shall be a
				  roster of names of physicians and their telephone numbers who are available to
				  provide emergency service.
(d) A
				  communication system employing telephones, radiotelephone or similar means
				  shall be in use to establish and maintain contact with the police department,
				  rescue squads and other emergency services of the community.
(e) The emergency medical service shall have
				  a defined emergency and mass casualty plan in concert with the hospital's
				  capabilities and the capabilities of the community served.
(f) The hospital shall require continuing
				  education of all emergency medical service personnel.
(g) Medical records shall be maintained on
				  all patients presenting themselves for emergency medical care. These shall
				  become part of the patient's hospital medical record. Past hospital records
				  shall be available to the emergency medical service.
(h) An emergency room log shall be maintained
				  and shall contain at least the following information relating to the patient:
				  name, date, time and means of arrival, age, sex, record number, nature of
				  complaint, disposition and time of departure. The name of those dead on arrival
				  shall also be entered in the log.
(i) Each standby emergency medical service
				  shall be identified to the public by an exterior sign, clearly visible from
				  public thoroughfares. The wording of such signs shall state STANDBY EMERGENCY
				  MEDICAL SERVICE, PHYSICIAN ON CALL.
(j) Standardized emergency nursing procedures
				  shall be developed by an appropriate committee of the medical staff.
(k) A list of referral services shall be
				  available in the emergency service. This list shall include the name, address
				  and telephone number of the following:
(1)
				  Police department
(2) Blood
				  bank
(3) Antivenin
				  service
(4) Burn center
(5) Drug abuse center
(6) Poison control information
				  center
(7) Suicide prevention
				  center
(8) Director of the State
				  Department of Health or his designee
(9) Local health department
(10) Clergy
(11) Emergency psychiatric service
(12) Chronic hemodialysis service
(13) Renal transplant center
(14) Intensive care newborn nursery
(15) Emergency maternity service
(16) Radiation accident management
				  service
(17) Ambulance transport
				  and rescue services
(18) County
				  coroner or medical examiner