Health facilities: influenza vaccinations SB 1318

SUMMARY :  Requires hospitals and clinics, after July 1, 2013, to 
          require all employees, contractors, students, volunteers, 
          persons with privileges on the medical staff, and all other 
          onsite health care workers affiliated with the clinic to either 
          annually receive an influenza vaccination or, as an alternative 
          to the annual influenza vaccination, wear a surgical or 
          procedural mask, or other mask that covers the mouth and nose 
          area of the face while this person is performing his or her 
          duties in any patient care area of the clinic during the 
          influenza season, as defined by the State Health Officer (SHO) 
          or a local health officer (LHO), or both. READ MORE