ARTICLE 5. Reproductive Health Services Facility [7926.400. - 7926.430.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 5.

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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 7926.400. Section 7926.400.

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Contractor” means an individual or entity that contracts with a reproductive health services facility for services related to patient care. (b) “Personal information” means any of the following information related to an individual that is maintained by a public agency: (1) Social security number. (2) Physical description. (3) Home address. (4) Home telephone number. (5) Statements of personal worth or personal financial data filed pursuant to Section 7925.005. (6) Personal medical history. (7) Employment history. (8) Electronic mail address. (9) Information that reveals any electronic network location or identity. (c) “Public agency” means all of the following: (1) The Department of Consumer Affairs. (2) The Department of Managed Health Care. (3) The State Department of Health Care Services. (4) The State Department of Public Health. (d) “Reproductive health services facility” means the office of a licensed physician and surgeon whose specialty is family medicine, obstetrics, or gynecology, or a licensed clinic, where at least 50 percent of the patients of the physician or the clinic are provided with family planning or abortion services.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 7926.405. Section 7926.405.

This division does not require disclosure of any personal information received, collected, or compiled by a public agency regarding the employees, volunteers, board members, owners, partners, officers, or contractors of a reproductive health services facility who have notified the public agency pursuant to Section 7926.415 if the personal information is contained in a document that relates to the facility.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 7926.410. Section 7926.410.

(a) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain access to employment history information of a reproductive health services facility pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 7923.000). (b) If the court finds, based on the facts of a particular case, that the public interest served by disclosure of employment history information of a reproductive health services facility clearly outweighs the public interest served by not disclosing the information, the court shall order the officer or person charged with withholding the information to disclose employment history information or show cause why that officer or person should not disclose pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 7923.100) of Part 4.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 7926.415. Section 7926.415.

(a) In order for this article to apply to an individual who is an employee, volunteer, board member, officer, or contractor of a reproductive health services facility, the individual shall notify the public agency to which the individual’s personal information is being submitted or has been submitted that the individual falls within the application of this article. (b) Notification pursuant to subdivision (a) is valid if it complies with all of the following: (1) It is on the official letterhead of the facility. (2) It is clearly separate from any other language present on the same page and is executed by a signature that serves no other purpose than to execute the notification. (3) It is signed and dated by both of the following: (A) The individual whose information is being submitted. (B) The executive officer of the reproductive health services facility or designee of the executive officer. (c) A reproductive health services facility shall retain a copy of all notifications submitted pursuant to this article.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 7926.420. Section 7926.420.

The privacy protections for personal information authorized pursuant to this article are effective from the time of notification pursuant to Section 7926.415 until either one of the following occurs: (a) Six months after the date of separation from a reproductive health services facility for an individual who has served for not more than one year as an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or officer of the reproductive health services facility. (b) One year after the date of separation from a reproductive health services facility for an individual who has served for more than one year as an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or officer of the reproductive health services facility.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 7926.425. Section 7926.425.

Within 90 days of separation of an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or officer of the reproductive health services facility who has provided notice to a public agency pursuant to Section 7926.415, the facility shall provide notice of the separation to the relevant agency or agencies.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 7926.430. Section 7926.430.

This section does not prevent a government agency from disclosing data regarding the age, race, ethnicity, national origin, or gender of individuals whose personal information is protected pursuant to this article if the data does not contain individually identifiable information.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026