California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 7 - Health Planning and Facility Construction
Chapter 12 - Postsurgical Recovery Care Demonstration Project
Article 2 - Required Services
Section 97510.45 - Dietetic Service-General Requirements
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The dietetic service shall provide food of the quality and quantity to meet the patient's needs in accordance with physicians' orders and, to the extent medically possible, to meet the daily Recommended Dietary Allowances, 1980 Edition, adopted by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 2107 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418.
(b) Patient food preferences shall be respected as much as possible and substitutes shall be offered through use of a selective menu or substitutes from appropriate food groups.
(c) Diet orders shall be integrated in the patient recovery care plan.
(d) Observations and information pertinent to dietetic treatment shall be recorded in patients' medical records.
(e) If appropriate, dietary records shall be included in patients' transfer or discharge records to ensure continuity of nutritional care.
1. New section filed 3-7-88 as an emergency; operative 3-7-88 (Register 88, No. 12). No Certificate of Compliance required pursuant to the provisions of Health and Safety Code section 1250.9(m).
2. Editorial correction of HISTORY No. 1 (Register 90, No. 21).
Note: Authority cited: Section 1250.9, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1250.9, Health and Safety Code.
