California Health and Safety Code Section 1418.5

CA Health & Safety Code § 1418.5 (2017)  

No regulation adopted with respect to skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities shall prohibit patients in the facility from storing nonprescription or topical ophthalmic medications at their bedside unless contraindicated by the patient’s attending physician or the facility.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 408, Sec. 1.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018