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Board approves new hand‑hygiene language to align with CDC and CDPH guidance
Summary
The board voted to rescind previously approved hand‑hygiene text and to initiate rulemaking on new language that adds alcohol‑based hand rub (minimum 60% alcohol) as an option when hands are not visibly soiled and otherwise aligns treatment procedures with CDC and CDPH guidance.
The California Acupuncture Board voted to rescind previously approved proposed text (2014 and 2018 drafts) and approve newly drafted regulatory language updating hand‑hygiene requirements in Division 13.7, Article 5, section 1399.451 of title 16 of the California Code of Regulations. The new language is intended to align the board’s treatment‑procedures regulation with Centers for Disease Control and…
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