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Health and Safety Code § 120775

CHAPTER 1. Definitions

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 120775Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.

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.