CHAPTER 4. Treatment of Cancer and Other Serious Diseases
Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.
§§ 109250–109505 · 36 sections
ARTICLE 1. Intent and Definitions §§ 109250–109295 · 14 sections
- § 109250 The effective diagnosis, care, treatment or cure of persons suffering from cancer is of paramount public importance. Vital statistics indicate that…
- § 109255 There is in the department a Cancer Advisory Council composed of nine physicians and surgeons licensed to practice medicine in, and residing in, this state,…
- § 109260 The members of the council, other than the director of the department, shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual…
- § 109265 The council shall annually elect one of its members to serve as chairman. The council shall meet at least twice each year, and as often in addition as…
- § 109270 The department shall: (a) Prescribe reasonable regulations with respect to the administration of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300).…
- § 109275 (a) Upon a diagnosis of breast cancer, the physician and surgeon, meaning the primary provider who initially referred the patient for the screening or biopsy…
- § 109276 In the first revision of the standardized written summary required under subdivision (c) of Section 109275 made following the effective date of the act that…
- § 109277 (a) Every person or entity who owns or operates a health facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon and rents or owns the premises…
- § 109278 (a) The medical care provider primarily responsible for providing to a patient an annual gynecological examination shall provide to that patient during the…
- § 109280 (a) A standardized written summary in layperson’s language and in a language understood by patients shall be approved by the department. The department may…
- § 109282 (a) Every person or entity who owns or operates a health facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon and rents or owns the premises…
- § 109285 For the purposes of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300) “cancer” means all malignant neoplasms regardless of the tissue of origin,…
- § 109290 No person may undertake to treat or alleviate cancer by use of drugs, surgery, or radiation unless the person holds a license issued under a law of this state…
- § 109295 On written request by the department, delivered personally or by mail, any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity engaged, or representing…
ARTICLE 2. Prohibitions and Enforcement §§ 109300–109395 · 20 sections
- § 109300 The sale, offering for sale, holding for sale, delivering, giving away, prescribing or administering of any drug, medicine, compound, or device to be used in…
- § 109305 Within 180 days after the filing of an application provided for in subdivision (2) of Section 109300 or an additional period as may be agreed upon by the board…
- § 109310 In the case of any drug, medicine, compound or device for that an approval of an application filed pursuant to this article and Article 1 (commencing with…
- § 109315 The board shall issue an order refusing to permit the application to become effective, if, after due notice to the applicant and opportunity for a hearing, the…
- § 109320 (a) The board shall issue an order withdrawing approval of an application concerning any drug, medicine, compound, or device if, after due notice to the…
- § 109325 This article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) shall not apply to the use of any drug, medicine, compound, or device intended solely for…
- § 109330 Section 109300 does not apply to any device used within the scope of his or her license privileges by a physician and surgeon or dentist licensed as such in…
- § 109335 The failure of any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity representing himself, or itself, as engaged in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation,…
- § 109340 The investigation or testing of any product shall not be deemed to imply or indicate any endorsement of the qualifications or value of any product. No person…
- § 109345 Following an investigation or testing of the content or composition of any drug, medicine, compound, or device used by any individual, person, firm,…
- § 109350 The department may direct that any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity shall cease and desist any further prescribing, recommending, or use…
- § 109355 (a) Any violation of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250), of the regulations adopted thereunder or of a cease and desist order issued…
- § 109360 Any person against whom an injunction or cease and desist order has been issued, under this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250), may not…
- § 109365 It is unlawful for any person, with the intent to defraud, to falsely represent and provide for compensation a device, substance, method or treatment as…
- § 109370 Except as provided in Section 109335, a violation of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) is punishable by imprisonment in the county…
- § 109375 The director shall investigate possible violations of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) and report violations to the appropriate…
- § 109380 County health officers, district attorneys and the Attorney General shall cooperate with the director in the enforcement of this article and Article 1…
- § 109385 The department, upon recommendation of the Cancer Advisory Council, may from time to time publish reports based on its investigation or testing of any drug,…
- § 109390 All hearings authorized by this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section…
- § 109395 No provision of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) shall preclude reconsideration of an application for use of any drug, medicine,…
ARTICLE 5. Labeling, Sale, and Use of DMSO §§ 109500–109505 · 2 sections