{"ref":"CA-HH-MED-02","title":"Legend Devices, Medical Supplies, and Equipment","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Sets out the Agency’s policies for the purchase, storage, furnishing, and transportation of legend devices, which Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727.5(f) requires and which a group including a physician and surgeon, a pharmacist, and a registered nurse reviews each year. The Agency purchases, stores, furnishes, and transports only the dangerous drugs and devices the Pharmacy Law exempts for licensed home health agencies (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §4057(c)), furnishes legend devices only on the prescription or order of a physician, dentist, or podiatrist, keeps a receipt and delivery log, and checks that equipment it supplies is in good working order at each visit (22 CCR §74693(c)).","inShort":["Give a prescription-only device to a patient only when a physician, dentist, or podiatrist has ordered it.","Log every device you take from stock and give to a patient.","Keep devices, needles, and syringes locked up at the office and never leave them in sight in your car.","At every visit, check that the equipment in the home is working. Report any problem the same day.","Remove expired or recalled items and tell your supervisor."],"primaryCitation":"Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727.5(f)","citations":["Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727.5(f)","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1734(b)","22 CCR §74693(c)","22 CCR §74693(d)","22 CCR §74693(e)(8)","Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §4022","Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §4057(c)","Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §4059(a)","16 CCR §1714.5"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.100","42 CFR §484.60(a)(2)(iii)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your legend device policies and the record of their annual review by a physician, a pharmacist, and a registered nurse.","Which devices and supplies do you keep at the office, and how are they stored and logged?"],"forms":[{"ref":"CA-HH-MED-02-A","title":"Legend Device Receipt, Storage, and Delivery Log"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727.5(f))","5. What the Agency Keeps and Furnishes","6. Purchase","7. Storage","8. Furnishing to a Patient","9. Transport","10. Equipment in Good Working Order","11. Recalls and Safety Notices","12. Annual Review of These Policies","13. Responsibilities","14. Records and Compliance Monitoring","15. Staff Training","16. References","17. Related Policies and Forms","18. Approval","19. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"ca-hha","state":"California","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}