Section 847 - Post-Treatment Review Committees(a) Any facility in which convulsive treatment is performed, whether on a voluntary or an involuntary patient, shall designate a qualified committee of three psychiatrists and/or neurologists knowledgeable about the treatment and its effect to verify the appropriateness and need for such treatment. This committee shall review all convulsive treatments given in that facility on a quarterly basis. If treatments are initiated in a facility, and then continued outside that facility, the physician who continues treatments shall report the total number to the facility. Any such treatments shall be reviewed by the facility's review committee.(b) For convulsive treatments and insulin coma treatments not included under Subdivision (a), the local mental health director shall establish the post-treatment review committee. This committee shall consist of three psychiatrists and/or neurologists, and shall meet on a quarterly basis to verify the appropriateness and need for such treatment. Records submitted to these committees shall have data identifying the patient deleted, except where disclosure is otherwise authorized by Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 5328, et seq.(c) Refusal by any facility or physician to submit convulsive treatment and insulin coma treatment cases for review shall be reported by the review committees to the Director of the State Department of Mental Health who may take any or all of the actions specified in Section 5326.9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 847
Note: Authority cited: Sections 5326.91, 5326.95 and 5400, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 5326.91, Welfare and Institutions Code.