Legend Devices, Medical Supplies, and Equipment
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)).
- Policy number
- CA-HH-MED-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §1727.5(f)
- Library
- California home health · 58 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 20
In short
- 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.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- 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
An inspector may ask
- 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?
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