CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 457Introduced by Senator BatesFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 1248 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 457, as introduced, Bates. Health facilities: outpatient settings.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits the operation, management, conduct, or maintenance of an outpatient setting unless the outpatient setting is accredited by an accreditation agency that is approved by the Medical Board of California, licensed by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, or meets other criteria. Existing law defines an outpatient setting, in part, as a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined, that uses anesthesia, as specified.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1248 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1248. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Division means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) (1) Outpatient setting means any a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where that uses anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered administered, have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(2) Outpatient setting also means facilities a facility that offer offers in vitro fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.(3) Outpatient setting does not include, among other settings, any a setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(c) Accreditation agency means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 457Introduced by Senator BatesFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 1248 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 457, as introduced, Bates. Health facilities: outpatient settings.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits the operation, management, conduct, or maintenance of an outpatient setting unless the outpatient setting is accredited by an accreditation agency that is approved by the Medical Board of California, licensed by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, or meets other criteria. Existing law defines an outpatient setting, in part, as a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined, that uses anesthesia, as specified.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 457
Introduced by Senator BatesFebruary 16, 2017
Introduced by Senator Bates
February 16, 2017
An act to amend Section 1248 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 457, as introduced, Bates. Health facilities: outpatient settings.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits the operation, management, conduct, or maintenance of an outpatient setting unless the outpatient setting is accredited by an accreditation agency that is approved by the Medical Board of California, licensed by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, or meets other criteria. Existing law defines an outpatient setting, in part, as a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined, that uses anesthesia, as specified.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits the operation, management, conduct, or maintenance of an outpatient setting unless the outpatient setting is accredited by an accreditation agency that is approved by the Medical Board of California, licensed by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, or meets other criteria. Existing law defines an outpatient setting, in part, as a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined, that uses anesthesia, as specified.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1248 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1248. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Division means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) (1) Outpatient setting means any a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where that uses anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered administered, have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(2) Outpatient setting also means facilities a facility that offer offers in vitro fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.(3) Outpatient setting does not include, among other settings, any a setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(c) Accreditation agency means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1248 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1248. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Division means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) (1) Outpatient setting means any a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where that uses anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered administered, have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(2) Outpatient setting also means facilities a facility that offer offers in vitro fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.(3) Outpatient setting does not include, among other settings, any a setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(c) Accreditation agency means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.
SECTION 1. Section 1248 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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1248. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Division means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) (1) Outpatient setting means any a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where that uses anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered administered, have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(2) Outpatient setting also means facilities a facility that offer offers in vitro fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.(3) Outpatient setting does not include, among other settings, any a setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(c) Accreditation agency means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.
1248. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Division means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) (1) Outpatient setting means any a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where that uses anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered administered, have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(2) Outpatient setting also means facilities a facility that offer offers in vitro fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.(3) Outpatient setting does not include, among other settings, any a setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(c) Accreditation agency means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.
1248. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Division means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) (1) Outpatient setting means any a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where that uses anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered administered, have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(2) Outpatient setting also means facilities a facility that offer offers in vitro fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.(3) Outpatient setting does not include, among other settings, any a setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.(c) Accreditation agency means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.
1248. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Division means the Medical Board of California. All references in this chapter to the division, the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California, or the Division of Medical Quality shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Board of California pursuant to Section 2002 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) (1) Outpatient setting means any a facility, clinic, unlicensed clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a general acute care facility, as defined in Section 1250, and where that uses anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, is used in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that, when administered administered, have the probability of placing a patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.
(2) Outpatient setting also means facilities a facility that offer offers in vitro fertilization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1374.55.
(3) Outpatient setting does not include, among other settings, any a setting where anxiolytics and analgesics are administered, when done so in compliance with the community standard of practice, in doses that do not have the probability of placing the patient at risk for loss of the patients life-preserving protective reflexes.
(c) Accreditation agency means a public or private organization that is approved to issue certificates of accreditation to outpatient settings by the board pursuant to Sections 1248.15 and 1248.4.