California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2.5 - Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program

• Section 123700.
  (a)  Infant botulism is an acute, life-threatening paralytic disease of babies caused by a potent bacterial neurotoxin. (b)  Half of all cases of infant botulism...
• Section 123702.
  (a)  The State Department of Health Services shall establish an Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit. This unit shall have responsibility for ensuring the production...
• Section 123704.
  The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit shall provide all the following services:(a)  Produce, or cause to have produced, and maintain, a supply of BIG...
• Section 123705.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to this article shall be fully supported from the fees collected for...
• Section 123707.
  (a) The State Department of Health Services may manufacture, test, distribute, and maintain licensure of the product Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) if all necessary federal...
• Section 123709.
  The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund is hereby established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All moneys collected by the state department...

Last modified: October 22, 2018