CHAPTER 1. Prevention and Control
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7.
§§ 120500–120605 · 24 sections
- § 120500 As used in the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27) “venereal diseases” means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphopathia venereum,…
- § 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…
- § 120510 The department shall cooperate in the prevention, control, and cure of venereal diseases with physicians and surgeons; medical schools; public and private…
- § 120511 (a) The department shall allocate funds to local health jurisdictions for sexually transmitted disease prevention and control activities in accordance, to the…
- § 120515 The department shall investigate conditions affecting the prevention and control of venereal diseases and approved procedures for prevention and control, and…
- § 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…
- § 120525 The department may provide medical, advisory, financial, or other assistance to organizations funded pursuant to Section 120511.
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 120550 Nothing in this chapter limits any person’s freedom to have additional examinations made elsewhere than specified in this chapter.
- § 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…
- § 120560 Every diseased person shall from time to time submit to approved examinations to determine the condition of the disease.
- § 120565 If any person subject to proper venereal disease control measures discontinues any control procedure required by this chapter, the agency administering the…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 120582 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a physician and surgeon who diagnoses a sexually transmitted chlamydia, gonorrhea, or other sexually transmitted infection,…
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…