Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120675. Section 120675.
“Approved laboratory” as used in this chapter means a laboratory approved by the department, or any other laboratory whose director is licensed by the department according to law.
CHAPTER 2. Prenatal Syphilis Tests [120675. - 120715.]
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 2.
in effectCal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120680. Section 120680.
“Standard laboratory blood test” as used in this chapter means a test for syphilis approved by the department.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120685. Section 120685.
(a)
Every licensed health care professional engaged in providing prenatal care or attending a birthing patient at the time of delivery, shall provide syphilis screening and testing as outlined in the most recent guidelines published by the State Department of Public Health.
(b)
This section does not limit a local health jurisdiction’s ability to provide additional recommendations or guidelines for syphilis screening and testing, nor does it limit the ability of a health care professional to follow
other existing clinical guidelines for syphilis screening and testing recommendations, including guidelines issued by local health authorities, as long as, at minimum, the health care professional complies with subdivision (a).
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120690. Section 120690.
The blood specimen thus obtained shall be submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard laboratory test for syphilis.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120695. Section 120695.
In submitting a specimen to a laboratory the physician shall designate it as a prenatal test or a test following recent delivery.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120700. Section 120700.
The laboratory shall submit the laboratory reports of records to the department as are required by regulation of the department. The health officer may destroy any copies of reports that have been retained by him or her pursuant to this section for a period of two years.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120705. Section 120705.
All laboratory reports are confidential, and are not open to public inspection.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120710. Section 120710.
In case of question concerning the accuracy of a test required by this chapter, it is mandatory upon the department to accept specimens for checking purposes from any district in the state.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 120715. Section 120715.
Any licensed physician and surgeon, or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant woman or a recently delivered woman, or any representative of a laboratory who violates any provision of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. However, a licensed physician and surgeon, or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant or recently delivered woman, whose request for a specimen is refused, is not guilty of a misdemeanor for failure to obtain it.
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