California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 4 - Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Chapter 4 - Narcotic Treatment Programs
Subchapter 3 - Program Administration
Article 3 - Patient Records
Section 10160 - Procedures for Patient Records
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Programs shall assign a unique identifier to patients, and shall maintain an individual record for each patient.
(b) Programs shall keep patient records in a secure location within the facility or in a secure electronic medical record database.
(c) If the program keeps a separate record of the type and amount of medication administered or dispensed to a patient on a day-to-day basis, the program shall transfer this data to the patient's record at least monthly.
(d) Each program shall submit a sample patient record to the Department with its protocol.
(e) Each program shall specify in its protocol the methods in place to safeguard physical and/or electronic patient records.
1. Change
without regulatory effect renumbering and amending parts of former section
10314 to
10160 filed 6-3-91 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 91, No. 34).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) and
NOTE filed 3-15-96 as an emergency; operative 3-15-96 (Register 96, No. 11). A
Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-13-96 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3.
Amendment of subsection (b) and NOTE refiled 7-8-96 as an emergency; operative
7-12-96 (Register 96, No. 28). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to
OAL by 11-12-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
following day.
4. Amendment of subsection (b) and NOTE refiled 10-23-96
as an emergency; operative 10-29-96 (Register 96, No. 43). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-26-97 or emergency language will be
repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Amendment of
subsection (b) and NOTE refiled 2-11-97 as an emergency; operative 2-24-97 (Register
97, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-24-97 or
emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-11-97 order transmitted to OAL
3-4-97; disapproved by OAL and order of repeal as to 2-11-97 order filed 4-15-97
(Register 97, No. 16).
7. Amendment of subsection (b) and NOTE filed
4-15-97 as an emergency; operative 4-15-97 (Register 97, No. 16). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-13-97 or emergency language will be
repealed by operation of law on the following day.
8. Certificate of
Compliance as to 4-15-97 order transmitted to OAL 6-2-97 and filed 6-13-97 (Register
97, No. 24).
9. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed
4-19-2006 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2006, No. 16).
10. Amendment of section and NOTE
filed 5-7-2020; operative 7-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 11750, 11755, 11835, 11839.3 and 11839.20, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 11839.3 and 11839.20, Health and Safety Code.
