California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 1 - Department of Mental Health
Chapter 16 - State Hospital Operations
Article 6 - End of Life Option Act
Section 4600 - End of Life Option Act Participation
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 27, 2024
(a) All terminally ill patients in the custody and care of the Department of State Hospitals shall receive appropriate and necessary medical care for their situation, including counseling, hospice, and palliative care, as appropriate and desired.
(b) The Department of State Hospitals will not permit employees, independent contractors, or other persons, except as provided in section 4601 subdivision (c)(1), to participate in activities under the End of Life Option Act, Health and Safety Code section 443 et. seq., while on premises owned or under the management or direct control of the Department of State Hospitals, or while acting within the course and scope of any employment by, or contract with, the Department of State Hospitals.
(c) Patients committed to the Department of State Hospitals under Penal Code section 2684 are not considered to be in the custody of the Department of State Hospitals, for the purposes of Article 6, End of Life Option Act. The Department of State Hospitals will provide the appropriate and necessary medical care for those committed pursuant to Penal Code section 2684. Patients committed to the Department of State Hospitals under Penal Code section 2684 shall not be provided the option of the aid-in-dying drug, pursuant to title 15, California Code of Regulations, section 3359.8.
1. New
article 6 (sections 4600-4602) and section filed 6-27-2016 as an emergency;
operative 6-27-2016 (Register 2016, No. 27). A Certificate of Compliance must
be transmitted to OAL by 12-27-2016 or emergency language will be repealed by
operation of law on the following day.
2. Repealer of article 6
(sections 4600-4602) and repealer of section by operation of Government Code
section
11346.1(g)
(Register 2017, No. 6).
3. New article 6 (sections 4600-4602) and
section filed 2-13-2017; operative 4-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 7).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 4005.1, 4207 and 4101, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 443 and 443.15, Health and Safety Code.
