California Government Code 6218.05 – For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions …
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Reproductive health care services” means health care services relating to the termination of a pregnancy in a reproductive health care services facility.
Terms Used In California Government Code 6218.05
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
(b) “Reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant” means a person or entity, including, but not limited to, employees, staff, volunteers, and third-party vendors, that is or was involved in obtaining, seeking to obtain, providing, seeking to provide, or assisting or seeking to assist another person, at that person’s request, to obtain or provide any services in a reproductive health care services facility, or a person or entity that is or was involved in owning or operating or seeking to own or operate a reproductive health care services facility.
(c) “Reproductive health care services facility” includes a hospital, clinic, physician’s office, or other facility that provides or seeks to provide reproductive health care services and includes the building or structure in which the facility is located.
(d) “Publicly post” or “publicly display” means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public.
(e) “Image” includes, but is not limited to, a photograph, video footage, sketch, or computer-generated image that provides a means to visually identify the person depicted.
(f) “Personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with a reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant, including, but not limited to, their name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, license plate number, employment, employment history, and financial information.
(g) “Social media” means an electronic service or account, or electronic content, including, but not limited to, videos or still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant and text messages, email, online services or accounts, or internet website profiles or locations.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 191, Sec. 4. (AB 1356) Effective January 1, 2022.)