TITLE 8.7. EXAMINATION OF INMATES AND WARDS FOR TUBERCULOSIS [7570. - 7576.]

Title 8.7 repealed [comm. with Section 7580] and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 932, Sec. 9.

§§ 7570–7576 · 7 sections

• § 7570 In enacting this chapter, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that tuberculosis is a serious contagious disease. It is vital to the health and safety of…
• § 7571 For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Chief medical officer” means the chief medical officer or acting chief medical officer…
• § 7572 The chief of medical services, or his or her designee, shall use every available means to ascertain the existence of, and to immediately investigate all…
• § 7573 (a) The chief medical officer shall order an inmate or ward to receive an examination or test, or may order an inmate or ward to receive treatment if the…
• § 7574 Notwithstanding Section 2600 or 2601, or any other provision of law, any inmate or ward who refuses to submit to an examination, test, or treatment for…
• § 7575 To provide effective control of the spread of tuberculosis in institutions and to identify those among the inmate and ward populations with tuberculosis, the…
• § 7576 (a) The Department of Corrections, the Department of the Youth Authority, the Board of Prison Terms, and the Youthful Offender Parole Board shall compile…