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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Department of Health Services Provision of Funds, Immunibiologics, and Access to Immunibiologics › Section 120415.

120415. The Health and Welfare Agency may waive state administrative, eligibility, and billing requirements that apply to other public assistance programs through which immunization and comprehensive health services outreach and vaccination are offered, for counties that establish streamlined administrative, eligibility, billing, and referral procedures between those public assistance programs, and the immunization and comprehensive health services programs established pursuant to Sections 120400 through 120415, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Department of Health Services Provision of Funds, Immunibiologics, and Access to Immunibiologics › Section 120420.

120420. The department shall provide financial assistance to county and areawide immunization campaigns under the direction of local health officers for the prevention of rubella.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Department of Health Services Provision of Funds, Immunibiologics, and Access to Immunibiologics › Section 120425.

120425. All moneys appropriated to the department for the purposes of this section and Section 120420 shall be made available to local health departments, as defined in Section 101185, or to areawide associations of local health departments. All moneys received by the local departments or areawide associations shall be utilized only for the purchase of rubella vaccines, other necessary supplies and equipment for rubella immunization campaigns, and promotional costs of these campaigns. No moneys appropriated for the purpose of this section and Section 120420 shall be used by the department or by any local department or areawide association for administrative purposes, and these moneys may not be used to supplant or support local health department clinics and programs already regularly operated by the departments, but may be used only for additional county or areawide rubella immunization campaigns. All moneys appropriated for the purposes of this section and Section 120420 shall be expended by March 31, 1971.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 438. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Department of Health Services Provision of Funds, Immunibiologics, and Access to Immunibiologics › Section 120430.

120430. (a)  The Legislature finds and declares that 1990 marks one of the worst measles epidemics in recent history and that this epidemic threatens the health and safety of our schoolaged children.
The Legislature finds and declares that, according to the Center for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics, current medical technology suggests that in order to be fully immunized against measles, children should receive two doses of the immunization agent for measles before the age of seven years.
It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that all possible steps are taken to combat the spread of any disease through California schools.
(b)  The department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall develop and adopt regulations to ensure that every student in any private or public elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, or development center shall have access to full immunization against measles, as determined by the Center for Disease Control, to the extent funds are available.
Priority shall be given to children who have not received any type of measles immunization.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Department of Health Services Provision of Funds, Immunibiologics, and Access to Immunibiologics › Section 120435.

120435. The department shall purchase or prepare, and distribute free of cost, under any regulations as may be necessary, anti-rabic virus to be used in the treatment of persons exposed to rabies when they declare that it would be a hardship for them to pay for anti-rabic treatment.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Immunization Reactions › Section 120455.

120455. No person shall be liable for any injury caused by an act or omission in the administration of a vaccine or other immunizing agent to a minor, including the residual effects of the vaccine or immunizing agent, if the immunization is either required by state law, or given as part of an outreach program pursuant to Sections 120400 through 120415, inclusive, and the act or omission does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Reports › Section 120475.

120475. On or before March 15 on a biennial basis, the department shall submit a report to the Legislature on all of the following issues:
(a)  The immunization status of young children in the state, based on available data.
(b)  The steps taken to strengthen immunization efforts.
(c)  The steps taken to improve immunization levels among currently underserved minority children, young children in family day care and other child care settings, and children with no health insurance coverage.
(d)  The improvements made in ongoing methods of immunization outreach and education in communities where immunization levels are disproportionately low.
(e)  Its recommendations for a comprehensive strategy for fully immunizing all California children and its analysis of the funding necessary to implement the strategy.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 13. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 2 - IMMUNIZATIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Vaccine Development › Section 120480.

120480. (a)  Funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 1998, and any other appropriations, to the State Department of Health Services for the purpose of valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) vaccine research shall be used to continue and expand the current research effort being conducted by the Valley Fever Vaccine Project.
(b)  The department shall augment and amend the existing contract to support research into the development of a vaccine to protect against valley fever. The department may contract on a sole source basis with a nonprofit organization that has provided funding for vaccine research on valley fever. The contract shall require the organization to distribute research grants to support research efforts that are likely to advance the effort to develop a vaccine. This contract shall not be subject to review by the Department of General Services.
(c)  The contractor shall establish an advisory group consisting of persons with relevant expertise in the fields of mycology and vaccine development and a representative from the department. The advisory group shall approve grants for those whose research is likely to advance the effort to develop a safe and effective vaccine. The contractor shall seek advice from the appropriate agencies in the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies with experience in supporting vaccine research when reviewing the research of those receiving funds under this section. Funding awards shall be made so as to complement financial support provided by the federal government.
(d)  The contractor shall provide the department with periodic status reports on the progress of the researchers receiving funds pursuant to this section. The department shall review progress reports from the contractor describing the research progress and plans for future funding.
(e)  The contract shall require that funding is provided on the condition that, if a valley fever vaccine is developed and successfully marketed, the state shall be reimbursed for the cost of grants made under this section in proportion to the state’s contribution to the research and development effort.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 751, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 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 120500.

120500. As used in the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27) “venereal diseases” means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphopathia venereum, granuloma inguinale, and chlamydia.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 835, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 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 120505.

120505. The department shall develop and review plans and provide leadership and consultation for, and participate in, a program for the prevention and control of venereal disease.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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 120510.

120510. The department shall cooperate in the prevention, control, and cure of venereal diseases with physicians and surgeons; medical schools; public and private hospitals, dispensaries, and clinics; public and private school, college and university authorities; penal and charitable institutions; reform and industrial schools; detention homes; federal, state, local and district health officers, and boards of health, and all other health authorities; institutions caring for the mentally ill; and with any other persons, institutions, or agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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 120515.

120515. The department shall investigate conditions affecting the prevention and control of venereal diseases and approved procedures for prevention and control, and shall disseminate educational information relative thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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 120520.

120520. The department shall conduct educational and publicity work as it may deem necessary; and, from time to time, shall cause to be issued, free of charge, copies of regulations, pamphlets, and other literature as it deems reasonably necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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 120525.

120525. The department may provide medical, advisory, financial, or other assistance to organizations funded pursuant to Section 120511.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 38, Sec. 21. (SB 78) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 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 120530.

120530. The department may furnish treatment for a case or for a group of cases in rural counties or cities upon the recommendation of the local health officer if adequate facilities for the treatment are not available in the county or city.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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 120535.

120535. Any state agency conducting a public hospital shall admit acute venereal disease cases, when, in the opinion of the department or the local health officer having jurisdiction, persons infected with venereal disease may be a menace to public health.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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 120540.

120540. The department may require any physician in attendance on a person infected or suspected of being infected with a venereal disease infection to submit specimens as may be designated for examination, when in its opinion the procedure is reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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 120545.

120545. The examination may be made in the state laboratory or in a local public health laboratory designated by the department or in a clinical laboratory that is under the immediate supervision and direction of a clinical laboratory technologist or a licensed physician and surgeon.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120800.

120800. The intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter is as follows:
(a)  To fund specified pilot AIDS education programs.
(b)  To fund pilot projects to demonstrate the value of noninstitutional health care services such as hospice, home health, and attendant care in controlling costs and providing humane care to people with AIDS and AIDS-related conditions.
(c)  To fund clinical research.
(d)  To fund the development of an AIDS Mental Health Project.
(e)  To fund specified needs assessments, studies, and program evaluations.
(f)  To authorize the use of funds appropriated by Section 6 of Chapter 23 of the Statutes of 1985 for preventive education for individuals who are seropositive as a result of antibody testing.
(g)  To promote broad-based support for AIDS programs by encouraging community level networking and coordination of efforts among private sector, nonprofit, and public service agencies as well as health care professionals and providers of essential services.
(h)  To promote an aggressive community-based HIV infection prevention program in all communities and areas where behaviors and prevalence indicate high risk of HIV infection, and to encourage local programs to involve racial and ethnic minorities in a leading role to plan the development, implementation, and evaluation of preventive education, HIV testing, delivery of care, and research activities that are necessary to the formation of a comprehensive, community-based, culturally sensitive HIV infection prevention strategy.
(i)  To promote education of health care practitioners concerning new clinical manifestations of HIV, particularly among women and children.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120815.

120815. (a)  The department may provide supplemental funding to residential AIDS shelters in accordance with Section 120810, as long as that section is operative, and to residential care facilities for persons with a chronic, life-threatening illness, that are licensed in accordance with Chapter 3.01 (commencing with Section 1568.01) of Division 2.
(b)  A residential AIDS shelter that receives a supplemental grant and subsequently is licensed as a residential care facility for persons with a chronic, life-threatening illness prior to the end of the grant period shall be entitled to the full amount of the supplemental grant.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120820.

120820. (a)  Personal data in any investigations, reports, and information relating thereto shall be kept confidential and be afforded protections provided by Section 100330, except as provided by Section 1603.1 or 1603.3.
(b)  If patient-identifying information is subpoenaed from the department, the department shall seek and the court shall issue a protective order keeping this information confidential. The court order may require production, but limit the use and disclosure of, records, require production with names and identifying information deleted, provide sanctions for misuse of records or set forth other methods for assuring confidentiality.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120825.

120825. The director shall:
(a)  Be prepared to report to the Legislature on the amounts and recipients of contracts or block grant awards, and needs assessments conducted by the department.
(b)  Issue once each month a public information release to the state contractors, local health departments, medical societies or organizations, nursing associations, hospital and hospital administrator associations, blood banks or centers, hemophilia associations and treatment centers, lesbian and gay health organizations, media outlets or community organizations, and other interested organizations or individuals, and the news media identifying research breakthroughs, new treatment protocols, infection control updates, surveillance and morbidity statistics, and other current and up-to-date information regarding AIDS education, treatment, or patient service programs.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120835.

120835. (a)  The department shall amend the home health, hospice, and attendant care pilot projects funded pursuant to this chapter, to include, to the extent that it is cost-effective to the Medi-Cal program or the General Fund, the payment of private health insurance premiums for participants in the pilot projects prior to the participants becoming eligible for Medi-Cal.
(b)  The director shall make a determination of cost-effectiveness, that shall be reviewed by the Department of Finance. The director may use existing budgeted resources for services provided for pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120840.

120840. The State Department of Health Care Services shall establish an AIDS mental health project, as described in this section.
(a) The program should include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) The conduct of a statewide needs assessment of AIDS-related mental health issues.
(2) The conduct of education and training for mental health professionals throughout the state.
(3) The conduct, through the Office of Promotion, of a media campaign on such issues as the use of support groups, the relationship between stress and the immune system, and dealing with grief.
(b) The State Department of Health Care Services shall coordinate projects and resources directly with the department.
(c) The Director of Health Care Services may appoint advisory groups for this project as needed.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, if the Director of Health Care Services determines that it is in the best interest of the state to enter into a contract for the purposes specified in this section without competitive bids, then the director may, during the 1985–86 fiscal year, enter into a sole source contract for these purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 31. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120845.

120845. Pilot programs to reduce the spread of AIDS through residential detoxification and outpatient detoxification and treatment services for intravenous drug users, as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 120805, shall be initiated through local agency operated AIDS-related substance abuser programs.
(a)  The director shall designate the local agency contractors and the amounts that these contractors will receive for the AIDS-related substance abuser demonstration programs.
(b)  The contractors shall develop a comprehensive service system including, but not limited to, the following essential services, that can be provided either directly by the contractors or through a referral network arranged by the contractors:
(1)  Residential detoxification programs for intravenous drug users.
(2)  Outpatient detoxification programs including health promotion and health assessment for intravenous drug users.
(3)  AIDS and substance abuse information, consultation and resource referral to providers of services to AIDS patients and to drug treatment providers.
(4)  Outreach, health promotion, health assessment, consultation and referrals for homeless youth substance abusers.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120846.

120846. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase the capacity of HIV test sites to screen more individuals by streamlining test site services.
(b) Publicly funded HIV test sites shall be permitted to do all of the following:
(1) Advise a person who has been tested before and is following appropriate public health risk reduction measures that the person does not need to receive further education services. This paragraph shall not apply to a person who engages in high-risk behaviors and is not following appropriate risk reduction measures.
(2) Determine whether a person should be allowed to self-administer any data collection form required by the department.
(3) As appropriate, provide prevention education through video, small group, individual interaction, or other methods and in small groups or couples.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 555, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 105 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › PART 4 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) › CHAPTER 2 - California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program (CAP) › Section 120850.

120850. The amount of two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000), appropriated pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 767 of the Statutes of 1985, shall be allocated to the University of California for research into AIDS. When expending these funds, the university shall solicit and consider proposals from within the University of California system and from universities and colleges outside the University of California system as well. In the expenditure of these funds, it is the preference of the Legislature that priority be given to viral cultures, clinical trials, and the administrative and laboratory support services necessary to conduct the trials.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)