Section 123890 Of Article 5. California Children’s Services From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.
123890
. (a) The state department shall not deny a hospital's
request to provide treatment to burn victims who are eligible under
the California Children's Services Program solely on the basis that
the hospital does not have separate facilities for child and adult
burn victims, provided that the hospital has approval from the
department to operate a burn center pursuant to Section 1255.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall only be applied to burn units located in
hospitals where there are no regional burn centers, or any other
existing burn center, within an 85-mile radius of the hospital.
(c) Subdivision (a) shall only apply if the hospital seeking the
exemption had a state-approved burn center in operation as of January
1, 1982, and if there is no hospital specializing in children's
services within an 85-mile radius of the hospital seeking the
subdivision (a) exemption.
(d) Hospitals having qualified and received a subdivision (a)
exemption, shall demonstrate, at the request of the department, that
the nursing staff providing burn care to children victims have
satisfactorily completed post-graduate training in pediatrics.