Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87631 - Healing Wounds
(a)
Except as specified in Section
87611(a), the
licensee shall be permitted to accept or retain a resident who has a healing
wound under the following circumstances:
(1)
When care is performed by or under the supervision of an appropriately skilled
professional.
(2) When the wound is
the result of surgical intervention and care is performed as directed by the
surgeon.
(3) Residents with a stage
one or two pressure injury must have the condition diagnosed by a physician or
an appropriately skilled professional.
(A)
The resident shall receive care for the pressure injury from a physician or an
appropriately skilled professional.
(B) All aspects of care performed by the
medical professional and facility staff shall be documented in the resident's
file.
(b) A
skin tear is not a healing wound.
Notes
2. Amendment of subsections (a)(3)-(a)(3)(A) filed 8-24-2018; operative 10-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Section 1569.30, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1569.2 and 1569.312, Health and Safety Code.
2. Amendment of subsections (a)(3)-(a)(3)(A) filed 8-24-2018; operative
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