Health and Safety Code section 1418.5

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.

Source: Section 1418.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1418.5. (updated Jan. 1, 1982; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_1418.5

Original Source: Section 1418.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1418.5. (last accessed May 12, 2025).