Section 76659 - Gases for Medical Use(a) Gases for medical use covered by this section are: carbon dioxide, cyclopropane, ethylene, helium, nitrous oxide, oxygen, helium-oxygen mixtures and carbon dioxide-oxygen mixtures.(b) Provision shall be made for safe handling and storage of medical gas cylinders.(c) Transfer of gas by facility personnel from one cylinder to another shall be rohibited.(d) The piped oxygen on nitrous oxide system(s) shall be tested in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association "NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code" (2012) by the National Fire Protection Association, hereby incorporated by reference, and a written report shall be maintained in each of the following instances: (1) Upon completion of initial installation.(2) Whenever changes are made to a system.(3) Whenever the integrity of a system has been breached.(e) Oxygen Equipment. (1) Humidifier bottles on oxygen equipment shall be sanitized after each use and shall be changed every 24 hours.(2) Only distilled water shall be used in humidifier bottles.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 76659
1. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 5-30-2023; operative 5-30-2023. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 1275(g) (Register 2023, No. 22). Note: Authority cited: Section 208(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276, Health and Safety Code.
1. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 5-30-2023; operative 5/30/2023. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 1275(g) (Register 2023, No. 22).