California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Intent and Definitions

• Section 109250.
  The effective diagnosis, care, treatment or cure of persons suffering from cancer is of paramount public importance. Vital statistics indicate that approximately 16 percent of...
• Section 109255.
  There is in the department a Cancer Advisory Council composed of nine physicians and surgeons licensed to practice medicine in, and residing in, this state,...
• Section 109260.
  The members of the council, other than the director of the department, shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual...
• Section 109265.
  The council shall annually elect one of its members to serve as chairman. The council shall meet at least twice each year, and as often...
• Section 109270.
  The department shall:(a)  Prescribe reasonable regulations with respect to the administration of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300). (b)  Investigate violations of...
• Section 109275.
  (a) Upon a diagnosis of breast cancer, the physician and surgeon, meaning the primary provider who initially referred the patient for the screening or biopsy or,...
• Section 109276.
  In the first revision of the standardized written summary required under subdivision (c) of Section 109275 made following the effective date of the act that...
• Section 109277.
  (a) Every person or entity who owns or operates a health facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon and rents...
• Section 109278.
  (a) The medical care provider primarily responsible for providing to a patient an annual gynecological examination shall provide to that patient during the annual examination a...
• Section 109280.
  (a) A standardized written summary in layperson’s language and in a language understood by patients shall be approved by the department. The department may approve the...
• Section 109282.
  (a)  Every person or entity who owns or operates a health facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon and...
• Section 109285.
  For the purposes of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300) “cancer” means all malignant neoplasms regardless of the tissue of origin, including...
• Section 109290.
  No person may undertake to treat or alleviate cancer by use of drugs, surgery, or radiation unless the person holds a license issued under a...
• Section 109295.
  On written request by the department, delivered personally or by mail, any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity engaged, or representing himself, or itself,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018