California Health and Safety Code 120685 – (a) Every licensed health care professional engaged in providing …
(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).
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 120685
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 486, Sec. 5. (SB 306) Effective January 1, 2022.)