Health & Safety Code 1794.09

A home dialysis agency shall maintain clinical records of all the patients, a medical history and physical provided by the patient's physician and surgeon. The physical shall be updated annually, and the annual update shall be maintained in the patient's medical files. the clinical records shall also include clinical progress notes written by the patient's physician and surgeon, a qualified registered nurse, a qualified social worker, and a dietician. If any home dialysis services are provided by a qualified licensed nurse or a qualified hemodialysis technician, any written clinical progress notes shall be maintained. Dialysis treatment records, laboratory reports, patient care plan, patient's long-term program, a record of treatments prescribed by the patient's physician and surgeon are also to be included in the clinical records. The agency shall have an effective procedure for each patient, agreed upon with the patient's physician and surgeon, for the immediate transfer of the patient to a general acute ca