California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Health Manpower Pilot Projects

  • Section 128125.
    The Legislature finds that there is a need to improve the effectiveness of health care delivery systems. One way of accomplishing that objective is to...
  • Section 128130.
    For the purposes of this article:(a)  “Office” means the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. (b)  “Approved project” means an educational or training program...
  • Section 128135.
    The office may designate experimental health workforce projects as approved projects where the projects are sponsored by community hospitals or clinics, nonprofit educational institutions, or...
  • Section 128140.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a trainee in an approved project may perform health care services under the supervision of a supervisor where the...
  • Section 128145.
    A trainee and his or her supervisor shall be held to the standard of care of, and shall be afforded the same immunities as, an...
  • Section 128150.
    Any patient being seen or treated by a trainee shall be apprised of that fact and shall be given the opportunity to refuse treatment. Consent...
  • Section 128155.
    The office, after one or more public hearings thereon, shall establish minimum standards, guidelines, and instructions for pilot projects. Advance notice of the hearing shall...
  • Section 128160.
    (a) Pilot projects may be approved in the following fields:(1) Expanded role medical auxiliaries.(2) Expanded role nursing.(3) Expanded role dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental hygienists in alternative practice, or...
  • Section 128165.
    The office shall carry out periodic onsite visitations of each approved project and shall evaluate each project to determine the following:(a)  The new health skills...
  • Section 128170.
    The office shall approve a sufficient number of projects to provide a basis for testing the validity of the experiment.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415,...
  • Section 128175.
    The office shall seek the advice of appropriate professional societies and appropriate healing arts licensing boards prior to designating approved projects. In the case of...
  • Section 128180.
    The office shall not approve a project for a period lasting more than two training cycles plus a preceptorship of more than 24 months, unless...
  • Section 128185.
    The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)  The Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152 was approved in 1988 to respond to a shortage...
  • Section 128190.
    The office may extend the geriatric technician pilot project, known as the Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152, for a minimum of four additional years,...
  • Section 128195.
    (a) The office shall issue followup reports on geriatric technician pilot projects approved by the office following 24 months of implementation of the employment utilization phase...

Last modified: October 22, 2018