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California Health And Safety Code Section 123135

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Except as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this
chapter shall be construed to grant greater access to individual
patient records by any person, firm, association, organization,
partnership, business trust, company, corporation, or municipal or
other public corporation, or government officer or agency.
Therefore, this chapter does not do any of the following:
   (a) Relieve employers of the requirements of the Confidentiality
of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of
Division 1 of the Civil Code).
   (b) Relieve any person subject to the Insurance Information and
Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of
Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code) from the
requirements of that act.
   (c) Relieve government agencies of the requirements of the
Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8 (commencing with Section
1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).

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