Cal. HSC § 1276.1

This is the official text of Cal. HSC § 1276.1, part of California’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health, hospitals, controlled substances, and environmental health standards.

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Official statutory text

In setting personnel standards for licensed health facilities pursuant to Section 1276, the department may set such standards itself or may adopt them by reference to named standard-setting organizations. If the department adopts standards for a category of health personnel by reference to a specified organization, the department shall either:

(a) List in the regulation the education, training, experience, examinations, or other requirements set by the specified organization; or

(b) Retain on file and available for public inspection a listing of the education, training, experience, examinations, or other requirements set by the specified organization; or

(c) Have direct statutory authority or requirement to use the standards of the specified organization.

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