CHAPTER 3. Professional Practice Development [128125. - 128195.]

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9.

§§ 128125–128195 · 15 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Health Workforce Pilot Projects §§ 128125–128195 · 15 sections

   • § 128125 The Legislature finds that there is a need to improve the effectiveness of health care delivery systems. One way of accomplishing that objective is to utilize…
   • § 128130 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Department” means the Department of Health Care Access and Information. (b) “Approved project” means an educational or…
   • § 128135 The department may designate experimental health workforce projects as approved projects where the projects are sponsored by community hospitals or clinics,…
   • § 128140 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a trainee in an approved project may perform health care services under the supervision of a supervisor where the…
   • § 128145 A trainee and his or her supervisor shall be held to the standard of care of, and shall be afforded the same immunities as, an individual otherwise legally…
   • § 128150 Any patient being seen or treated by a trainee shall be apprised of that fact and shall be given the opportunity to refuse treatment. Consent to the treatment…
   • § 128155 The department, after one or more public hearings thereon, shall establish minimum standards, guidelines, and instructions for pilot projects. Advance notice…
   • § 128160 (a) Pilot projects may be approved in the following fields: (1) Expanded role medical auxiliaries. (2) Expanded role nursing. (3) Expanded role dental…
   • § 128165 The department shall carry out periodic onsite visitations of each approved project and shall evaluate each project to determine the following: (a) The new…
   • § 128170 The department shall approve a sufficient number of projects to provide a basis for testing the validity of the experiment.
   • § 128175 The department shall seek the advice of appropriate professional societies and appropriate healing arts licensing boards prior to designating approved…
   • § 128180 The department shall not approve a project for a period lasting more than two training cycles plus a preceptorship of more than 24 months, unless the…
   • § 128185 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152 was approved in 1988 to respond to a shortage of…
   • § 128190 The department may extend the geriatric technician pilot project, known as the Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152, for a minimum of four additional years,…
   • § 128195 (a) The department shall issue followup reports on geriatric technician pilot projects approved by the department following 24 months of implementation of the…