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CA Health & Safety Code § 120550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120550.

120550.  Nothing in this chapter limits any person’s freedom to have additional examinations made elsewhere than specified in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120555.

120555.  Every diseased person shall give all information required by this chapter, including the name and address of any person from whom the disease may have been contracted and to whom the disease may have been transmitted.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120560.

120560.  Every diseased person shall from time to time submit to approved examinations to determine the condition of the disease.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120565.

120565.  If any person subject to proper venereal disease control measures discontinues any control procedure required by this chapter, the agency administering the procedure prior to the discontinuance shall make reasonable efforts to determine whether the person is continuing to comply with the procedure elsewhere.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120570 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120570.

120570.  If it appears reasonably likely that the person is not complying with the procedure elsewhere, the agency that was administering the procedure prior to the discontinuance shall make all reasonable efforts to induce the person to comply; and if it thereafter appears reasonably likely that he or she has failed to comply, shall report his or her name and address to the local health officer or board of health, or to the department where there is no local health officer or board.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120575 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120575.

120575.  It is the duty of the local health officers to use every available means to ascertain the existence of cases of infectious venereal diseases within their respective jurisdictions, to investigate all cases that are not, or probably are not, subject to proper control measures approved by the board, to ascertain so far as possible all sources of infection, and to take all measures reasonably necessary to prevent the transmission of infection.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120580 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120580.

120580.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person employed by a public health department may perform venipuncture or skin puncture for the purpose of withdrawing blood for test purposes, upon specific authorization from a licensed physician and surgeon, even though he or she is not otherwise licensed to withdraw blood; provided that the person meets all of the following requirements:(1)  He or she works under the direction of a licensed physician and surgeon. (2)  He or she has been trained by a licensed physician and surgeon or by a licensed clinical laboratory scientist or bioanalyst in the proper procedures to be employed when withdrawing blood, in accordance with training requirements established by the department, and has a statement signed by the instructing physician and surgeon that the training has been successfully completed. (b)  Any person employed by a public health department to perform venipuncture or skin puncture shall hold a valid and current certification after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 1246 of the Business and Professions Code. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 695, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120582 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120582.

120582.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a physician and surgeon who diagnoses a sexually transmitted chlamydia, gonorrhea, or other sexually transmitted infection, as determined by the department, or recommended in the most recent federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the prevention or treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, in an individual patient may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide, including in a standing order, prescription antibiotic drugs to that patient’s sexual partner or partners without examination of that patient’s partner or partners. This practice shall be known as expedited partner therapy (EPT). The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a nurse practitioner pursuant to Section 2836.1 of the Business and Professions Code, a certified nurse-midwife pursuant to Section 2746.51 of the Business and Professions Code, and a physician assistant pursuant to Section 3502.1 of the Business and Professions Code may include EPT in their practice by dispensing, furnishing, or otherwise providing, including through a standing order, prescription antibiotic drugs to the sexual partner or partners of a patient with a diagnosed sexually transmitted chlamydia, gonorrhea, or other sexually transmitted infection, as determined by the department, or recommended in the most recent federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the prevention or treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, without examination of the patient’s sexual partner or partners.(c) If a health care provider does not have the name of a patient’s sexual partner for a drug prescribed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), the prescription shall include the words “expedited partner therapy” or the letters “EPT.”(d) A health care provider shall not be liable in a medical malpractice action or professional disciplinary action if the health care provider’s use of EPT is in compliance with this section, except in cases of intentional misconduct, gross negligence, or wanton or reckless activity.(e) Medi-Cal coverage of expedited partner therapy pursuant to this section shall be implemented only to the extent that the State Department of Health Care Services obtains any necessary federal approvals and federal financial participation is available and not jeopardized.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 486, Sec. 4. (SB 306) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120585 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120585.

120585.  Local health officers may inspect and quarantine any place or person when the procedure is necessary to enforce the regulations of the board or the department.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120590 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120590.

120590.  It is the duty of the district attorney of the county where a violation of this chapter may occur to prosecute the person accused of the violation.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120595 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120595.

120595.  In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation of the board made pursuant to this chapter, or in any quarantine proceeding authorized by this chapter, or in any habeas corpus or other proceeding in which the legality of the quarantine is questioned, any physician, health officer, spouse, or other person shall be competent and may be required to testify against any person against whom the prosecution or other proceeding was instituted, and the privileges provided by Sections 970, 971, 980, 994, and 1014 of the Evidence Code are not applicable to or in any such prosecution or proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120600.

120600.  Any person who refuses to give any information to make any report, to comply with any proper control measure or examination, or to perform any other duty or act required by this chapter, or who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the state board issued pursuant to this chapter, or who exposes any person to or infects any person with any venereal disease; or any person infected with a venereal disease in an infectious state who knows of the condition and who marries or has sexual intercourse, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control|Section 120605.

120605.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with the freedom of any adherent of teachings of any well-recognized religious sect, denomination, or organization to depend exclusively upon prayer for healing in accordance with the teachings of the religious sect, denomination, or organization. Any such person, along with any person treating him or her, shall be exempt from all provisions of this chapter regarding venereal diseases, except that the provisions of this code and the regulations of the board regarding compulsory reporting of communicable diseases and the quarantine of those diseases, and regarding callings that a person with venereal disease may not engage, shall apply.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120675 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120675.

120675.  “Approved laboratory” as used in this chapter means a laboratory approved by the department, or any other laboratory whose director is licensed by the department according to law.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120680 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120680.

120680.  “Standard laboratory blood test” as used in this chapter means a test for syphilis approved by the department.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120685 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120685.

120685.  (a) Every licensed health care professional engaged in providing prenatal care or attending a birthing patient at the time of delivery, shall provide syphilis screening and testing as outlined in the most recent guidelines published by the State Department of Public Health.(b) This section does not limit a local health jurisdiction’s ability to provide additional recommendations or guidelines for syphilis screening and testing, nor does it limit the ability of a health care professional to follow other existing clinical guidelines for syphilis screening and testing recommendations, including guidelines issued by local health authorities, as long as, at minimum, the health care professional complies with subdivision (a).(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 486, Sec. 5. (SB 306) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120690 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120690.

120690.  The blood specimen thus obtained shall be submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard laboratory test for syphilis.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120695 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120695.

120695.  In submitting a specimen to a laboratory the physician shall designate it as a prenatal test or a test following recent delivery.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120700.

120700.  The laboratory shall submit the laboratory reports of records to the department as are required by regulation of the department. The health officer may destroy any copies of reports that have been retained by him or her pursuant to this section for a period of two years.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120705.

120705.  All laboratory reports are confidential, and are not open to public inspection.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120710.

120710.  In case of question concerning the accuracy of a test required by this chapter, it is mandatory upon the department to accept specimens for checking purposes from any district in the state.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120715 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 2 - Prenatal Syphilis Tests|Section 120715.

120715.  Any licensed physician and surgeon, or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant woman or a recently delivered woman, or any representative of a laboratory who violates any provision of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. However, a licensed physician and surgeon, or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant or recently delivered woman, whose request for a specimen is refused, is not guilty of a misdemeanor for failure to obtain it.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120750 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 3 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE|CHAPTER 3 - Information on Venereal Disease Materials|Section 120750.

120750.  The department shall develop and prepare posters and leaflets that inform the public of venereal disease and make the posters and leaflets available to the California State Board of Pharmacy for distribution.The department may determine the size, shape, and materials of the posters and leaflets so as to adequately fulfill the purposes of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120775 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 120775.

120775.  As used in this code:(a)  “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (b)  “Human immunodeficiency virus” or “HIV” means the etiologic virus of AIDS. (c)  “HIV test” means any clinical test, laboratory or otherwise, used to identify HIV, a component of HIV, or antibodies or antigens to HIV. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120780 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)|CHAPTER 1.5 - State HIV Prevention and Education Funds|Section 120780.

120780.  For purposes of this chapter, “public entity” includes the state, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 707, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120780.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)|CHAPTER 1.5 - State HIV Prevention and Education Funds|Section 120780.1.

120780.1.  A public entity that receives General Fund money from the State Department of Public Health for HIV prevention and education may use that money to support clean needle and syringe exchange programs authorized pursuant to existing law. The money may be used for, but is not limited to, the purchase of sterile hypodermic needles and syringes as part of a clean needle and syringe exchange program only if all of the following conditions are met:(a) The General Fund money used for purchasing the sterile hypodermic needles and syringes does not supplant any other public or private funds or other resources for this purpose.(b) The amount of the General Fund money used for purchasing the sterile hypodermic needles and syringes does not exceed 7.5 percent of the total amount of the General Fund money received by the public entity for HIV prevention and education.(c) Each dollar of General Fund money used for purchasing the sterile hypodermic needles and syringes is matched by forty-three cents ($0.43) of moneys from nonstate public funds or private funds.(d) The allocation of General Fund money for the purchase of sterile hypodermic needles and syringes is based upon epidemiological data as reported by the health jurisdiction in its local HIV prevention plan submitted to the Office of AIDS within the department.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 707, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120780.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)|CHAPTER 1.5 - State HIV Prevention and Education Funds|Section 120780.2.

120780.2.  In order to reduce the spread of HIV, hepatitis C, and other potentially deadly bloodborne pathogens, the State Department of Public Health may purchase sterile hypodermic needles and syringes, and other supplies, for distribution to syringe exchange programs authorized pursuant to law and support any costs associated with distribution of supplies. Supplies provided to programs, including those administered by local health departments, are not subject to the formulas and limits of Section 120780.1.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 22. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 120780.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL|PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)|CHAPTER 1.5 - State HIV Prevention and Education Funds|Section 120780.5.

120780.5.  (a) Upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding, on a competitive basis, to community-based organizations or local health jurisdictions to provide comprehensive HIV prevention and control activities for the most vulnerable and underserved individuals living with, or at high risk for, HIV infection. Applicants may include individual community-based organizations and local health jurisdictions, as well as collaborations between community-based organizations and local health jurisdictions.(b) Entities located in any county are eligible to receive grant funding.(c) Comprehensive HIV prevention and control activities may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(1) HIV testing, including the purchase of HIV test kits.(2) Linkage to and retention in care for people living with HIV.(3) Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)-related and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)-related activities.(4) Syringe services programs.(d) The department shall determine the funding levels of each award based on scope and geographic area. Priority for grants shall be given to community-based organizations or local health jurisdictions that, through their applications, demonstrate expertise, history, and credibility at working successfully in engaging the most vulnerable and underserved individuals living with, or at high risk for, HIV infection.(e) Funds shall be allocated in a manner that balances the need to spread funding to as many local health jurisdictions and community-based organizations as possible and the need to provide meaningful activities to each recipient. Not less than 50 percent of the funds allocated shall be provided to community-based organizations, for purposes consistent with this section.(f) The department shall determine the application process, selection criteria, and any reporting requirements for the grant, consistent with this section.(g) The department shall develop measures for each local health jurisdiction and community-based organization funded pursuant to this section to demonstrate accountability.(h) This section shall be operative only if funds are explicitly appropriated in the annual Budget Act specifically for purposes of this section.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 38, Sec. 22. (SB 78) Effective June 27, 2019. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)