{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"120715","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 120715","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 105. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL [120100. - 122476.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-105"},{"name":"PART 3. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE [120500. - 120750.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-105/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Prenatal Syphilis Tests [120675. - 120715.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-105/part-3/chapter-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/prenatal-syphilis-tests-120715","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}