PART 5. TUBERCULOSIS [121350. - 121560.]

Part 5 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7.

§§ 121350–121560 · 44 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Tuberculosis Control §§ 121350–121460 · 26 sections

   • § 121350 The department shall maintain a program for the control of tuberculosis. The department shall administer the funds made available by the state for the care of…
   • § 121355 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter a county that has elected to come under Section 14150.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not…
   • § 121357 The state department shall be the lead agency for all tuberculosis control and prevention activities at the state level.
   • § 121358 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, individuals housed or detained through the tuberculosis control, housing, and detention program shall not…
   • § 121360 Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious and communicable disease, dangerous to the public health, and all proper expenditures that may be made by any county,…
   • § 121360.5 (a) Any city or county health department that elects to participate in this program shall provide for one-year certification of tuberculin skin test…
   • § 121361 (a) (1) A health facility, local detention facility, or state correctional institution shall not discharge or release any of the following persons unless…
   • § 121362 Each health care provider who treats a person for active tuberculosis disease, each person in charge of a health facility, or each person in charge of a clinic…
   • § 121363 Each health care provider who treats a person for active tuberculosis disease shall examine, or cause to be examined, all household contacts or shall refer…
   • § 121364 (a) Within the territory under his or her jurisdiction, each local health officer may order examinations for tuberculosis infection for the purposes of…
   • § 121365 Each local health officer is hereby directed to use every available means to ascertain the existence of, and immediately investigate all reported or suspected…
   • § 121366 The local health officer may detain in a hospital or other appropriate place for examination or treatment, a person who is the subject of an order of detention…
   • § 121367 (a) An order of a local health officer pursuant to Section 121365 shall set forth all of the following: (1) The legal authority under which the order is…
   • § 121368 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of Section 121365, 121366 or 121367, all of the following shall apply: (a) A person who is detained solely pursuant…
   • § 121369 For purposes of Sections 121365, 121366, and 121367, all of the following shall apply: (a) If necessary, language interpreters and persons skilled in…
   • § 121370 No examination or inspection shall be required of any person who depends exclusively on prayer for healing in accordance with the teachings of any well…
   • § 121375 The department may inspect and have access to all records of all institutions and clinics, both public and private, where tuberculosis patients are treated.
   • § 121380 The department may advise officers of state educational, correctional, and medical institutions regarding the control of tuberculosis and the care of…
   • § 121390 The department shall lease any facilities it deems necessary to care for persons afflicted with active contagious tuberculosis who violate the quarantine or…
   • § 121395 Whenever any person confined in any state institution, as provided in Section 120280, subject to the jurisdiction of the Director of Corrections, dies, and any…
   • § 121400 If the place of confinement of a person confined under the provisions of Section 120280 is in a county other than the county where he or she was convicted,…
   • § 121450 The department may distribute for the purpose of tuberculosis control an annual subvention, paid quarterly, to any local health department that maintains a…
   • § 121451 A local entity that receives funding from the state for the purposes of this part, including, but not limited to, funding from the state for tuberculosis…
   • § 121452 A local health department or local health officer that receives funding from the state for tuberculosis control pursuant to Item 4265-111-0001 of Section 2.00…
   • § 121455 The department may establish standards and procedures for the operation of local tuberculosis control programs. Such standards shall include, but not be…
   • § 121460 Of the annual appropriation made to the department for tuberculosis control, the department may expend a sum not to exceed 7.5 percent of the total, for…
2. CHAPTER 2. Tuberculosis Tests for Pupils §§ 121475–121520 · 10 sections

   • § 121475 In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide: (a) A means for the eventual elimination of tuberculosis. (b) Persons required to be…
   • § 121480 As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Governing authority” means the governing board of each school district or…
   • § 121485 (a) If the local health officer determines that persons seeking first admission to any private or public elementary or secondary school or institution are…
   • § 121490 The examination shall consist of either an approved intradermal tuberculin skin test or any other test for tuberculosis infection that has been recommended by…
   • § 121495 (a) A person subject to an order made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 121485 who does not have on file the certificate required by this chapter may be…
   • § 121500 The examinations required by this chapter may be administered by any private or public source desired.
   • § 121505 The certificate shall not be required for a person who is subject to an order made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 121485, if the parent, guardian, or…
   • § 121510 Any person or organization administering tuberculosis examinations shall furnish each person examined, or his or her parent or guardian, as appropriate, with a…
   • § 121515 The governing authority shall cooperate with the local health officer in carrying out any programs ordered by the local health officer for the tuberculosis…
   • § 121520 The department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall adopt and enforce all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.
3. CHAPTER 3. Tuberculosis Tests for Employees §§ 121525–121555 · 7 sections

   • § 121525 (a) Except as provided in Section 121555, a person shall not be initially employed, or employed under contract, by a private or parochial elementary or…
   • § 121530 The examination shall consist of either an approved intradermal tuberculin test or any other test for tuberculosis infection that has been recommended by the…
   • § 121535 The X-ray may be taken by a competent and qualified X-ray technician if the X-ray is subsequently interpreted by a licensed physician and surgeon.
   • § 121540 The school shall maintain a file containing an up-to-date certificate for each person covered by this chapter. It shall be the duty of the county health…
   • § 121545 (a) A volunteer in a school subject to this chapter shall also be required to have on file with the school a certificate showing that, upon initial volunteer…
   • § 121550 Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the school from requiring more extensive or more frequent examinations.
   • § 121555 (a) A person who transfers his or her employment from one of the schools specified in subdivision (a) of Section 121525 to another shall be deemed to meet the…
4. CHAPTER 4. Tuberculosis Tests for Adults in Primary Care Settings § 121560 · 1 section

   • § 121560 (a) A patient who is 18 years of age or older and who receives health care services in a facility, clinic, center, office, or other setting, where primary care…