SECTIONS 120390-120390.7 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 120390-120390.7

120390. The department, in consultation with the Trustees of the
California State University, and the Regents of the University of
California, shall adopt and enforce all regulations necessary to
carry out this chapter.

120390.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d),
on or after January 1, 2000, the Trustees of the California State
University, and the Regents of the University of California shall
require the first-time enrollees at those institutions who are 18
years of age or younger to provide proof of full immunization against
the hepatitis B virus prior to enrollment.
(b) A person who has not been fully immunized against the
hepatitis B virus, as required by subdivision (a), may be admitted by
the governing body of any of the institutions of higher education to
which subdivision (a) is applicable on condition that, within a
designated time period, the person will provide proof of full
immunization against hepatitis B.
(c) Immunization of a person shall not be required for admission
to an institution of higher education to which subdivision (a) is
applicable if any of the following persons files with the governing
body of the educational institution a letter or affidavit stating
that the immunization is contrary to the beliefs of either of the
following:
(1) The parent, guardian, or adult who has assumed responsibility
for the care and custody of the person seeking admission, if that
applicant is a minor who is not emancipated or who is 17 years of age
or younger.
(2) The person seeking admission, if that applicant is an
emancipated minor or is 18 years of age.
(d) If a person seeking enrollment in an institution of higher
education to which subdivision (a) is applicable, or the parent or
guardian of a person seeking enrollment, files with the governing
body a written statement by a physician and surgeon that the physical
condition of the person or medical circumstances relating to the
person are such that immunization is not considered safe, indicating
the specific nature and probable duration of the medical condition or
circumstances that contraindicate immunization, that person shall be
exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a).

120390.7. No provision of this chapter shall apply to the
University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the
University of California, by appropriate resolution, make that
provision applicable.