BILL NUMBER: SB 1564	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 1250.11 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1564, as introduced, Strickland. Health facilities.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses
and regulates health facilities, as defined.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1250.11 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   1250.11.  The State Department of  Public  Health
 Services  shall develop written guidelines and
regulations as necessary to minimize the risk of transmission of
blood-borne infectious diseases from health care worker to patient,
from patient to patient, and from patient to health care worker. In
so doing, the  state  department shall consider the
recommendations made by the federal Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention  for preventing transmission of HIV and 
Hepatitis   hepatitis  B. The  state
 department shall also take into account existing 
department  regulations  of the state department
 as well as standards, guidelines, and regulations pursuant
to the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (Part 1
(commencing with Section 6300), Division 5, Labor Code) regarding
infection control to prevent infection or disease as a result of the
transmission of blood-borne pathogens. In so doing, the 
state  department shall consult with the Medical Board of
California, the Board of Dental Examiners, and the Board of
Registered Nursing as well as associations representing health care
professions, associations of licensed health facilities,
organizations  which   that  advocate on
behalf of those infected with HIV  ,  and organizations
representing consumers of health care. The department shall complete
its review of the need for guidelines and regulations by January 1,
1993.