California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 9275

WIC § 9275 Effective Jul 16, 2021Div. 8.5 · Ch. 3.6

Statute text

A public patient representative assigned by the program to an interdisciplinary team review shall do all of the following:

(a)Conduct a review to confirm that all criteria are met for an interdisciplinary team to convene for a resident and for the assignment of a patient representative by the program, as required by Section 1418.8 of the Health and Safety Code, including reviewing a copy of all written notices from the facility to the resident regarding the physician’s determination that the resident lacks the ability to provide informed consent, and the facility’s determination that there is no surrogate decisionmaker.

(b)Meet and, if possible, interview the resident prior to an interdisciplinary team meeting for initial review of a proposed treatment intervention or quarterly review of that intervention, or upon a change of condition in the resident necessitating a change in the proposed intervention.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 21. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.