California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1418.9

(1) Obtain the informed consent of the resident for purposes of prescribing, ordering, or increasing an order for the medication.

(2) Seek the consent of the resident to notify the resident's interested family member, as designated in the medical record. If the resident consents to the notice, the physician and surgeon shall make reasonable attempts, either personally or through a designee, to notify the interested family member, as designated in the medical record, within 48 hours of the prescription, order, or increase of an order.

(1) There is no interested family member designated in the medical record.

(2) The resident has been diagnosed as terminally ill by his or her physician and surgeon and is receiving hospice services from a licensed, certified hospice agency in the facility.

(3) The resident has not consented to the notification.

(1) “Resident” means a patient of a skilled nursing facility who has the capacity to consent to make decisions concerning his or her health care, including medications.

(2) “Designee” means a person who has agreed with the physician and surgeon to provide the notice required by this section.

(3) “Antipsychotic medication” means a medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of psychosis.

(4) “Increase of an order” means an increase of the dosage of the medication above the dosage range stated in a prior consent from the resident.