California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 7 - Health Planning and Facility Construction
Chapter 10 - Health Facility Data
Article 8 - Patient Data Reporting Requirements
Section 97217 - Definition of Data Element for Inpatients-Sex

Universal Citation: 22 CA Code of Regs 97217
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

For discharges occurring on or after January 1, 2017, the patient's sex shall be reported as recorded at admission as male, female or unknown. Unknown indicates that the patient's sex was undetermined.

1. New section filed 10-14-93; operative 11-15-93 (Register 93, No. 42).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 7-23-97 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 97, No. 30).
3. Amendment of section heading filed 5-5-2005; operative 5-5-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 18).
4. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsection (b) filed 10-16-2015; operative 1-1-2016 (Register 2015, No. 42).
5. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsection (a) and subsection (b) designator filed 10-31-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Section 128810, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 128735, Health and Safety Code.

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