SECTIONS 120675-120715 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 120675-120715

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.

120680. "Standard laboratory blood test" as used in this chapter
means a test for syphilis approved by the department.

120685. Every licensed physician and surgeon or other person
engaged in prenatal care of a pregnant woman, or attending the woman
at the time of delivery, shall obtain or cause to be obtained a blood
specimen of the woman at the time of the first professional visit or
within 10 days thereafter.

120690. The blood specimen thus obtained shall be submitted to an
approved laboratory for a standard laboratory test for syphilis.

120695. In submitting a specimen to a laboratory the physician
shall designate it as a prenatal test or a test following recent
delivery.

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.

120705. All laboratory reports are confidential, and are not open
to public inspection.

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.

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.