California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 4 - Prenatal Testing

  • Section 125050.
    The department shall administer a statewide program for the prenatal testing for genetic disorders and birth defects, including, but not limited to, ultrasound, amniocentesis, chorionic...
  • Section 125055.
    The department shall:(a) Establish criteria for eligibility for the prenatal testing program. Eligibility shall include definition of conditions and circumstances that result in a high risk...
  • Section 125060.
    The participation by any individual in the prenatal testing program shall be wholly voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for, or receipt...
  • Section 125065.
    All prenatal diagnosis centers shall meet standards developed by the department and shall agree to accept patients from state funded or administered programs, including, but...
  • Section 125070.
    Laboratories licensed by the department shall not offer the maternal serum-alpha fetoprotein screening test for prenatal detection of neural tube defects of the fetus until...
  • Section 125075.
    Every licensed physician and surgeon or other person attending a newborn infant diagnosed as having had rhesus (Rh) isoimmunization hemolytic disease shall report the condition...
  • Section 125080.
    A licensed physician and surgeon or other person engaged in the prenatal care of a pregnant woman or attending the woman at the time of...
  • Section 125085.
    (a)  As early as possible during prenatal care, a blood specimen obtained pursuant to Section 125080 shall be submitted to a clinical laboratory licensed by...
  • Section 125090.
    (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 125085 shall not be applicable if the licensed physician and surgeon or other person engaged in the prenatal care of a...
  • Section 125092.
    The department, in consultation with the Office of AIDS and with other stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of professional medical and public health...
  • Section 125095.
    The department may adopt regulations as it determines are reasonably necessary for the implementation of the Maternal and Child Health Program Act (Section 27).(Added by...
  • Section 125100.
    (a)  Clinical laboratories licensed by the department, approved public health laboratories, local health departments, physicians and surgeons, or other persons engaged in the prenatal care...
  • Section 125105.
    (a)  The blood specimen and test results pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 125085 shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except as otherwise...
  • Section 125107.
    (a) For purposes of this section, “prenatal care provider” means a licensed health care professional providing prenatal care within his or her lawful scope of practice....
  • Section 125110.
    The Maternal and Child Health Program Act (Section 27) shall not apply if the pregnant woman objects to the test required by that act on...
  • Section 125118.
    (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop guidelines for research involving the derivation or use of human embryonic stem cells in California.(b) In developing the...
  • Section 125119.
    (a) (1) All research projects involving the derivation or use of human embryonic stem cells shall be reviewed and approved by a stem cell research oversight committee...
  • Section 125119.3.
    (a) Each stem cell research oversight committee that has reviewed human embryonic stem cell research pursuant to Section 125119 shall report to the department, annually, on...
  • Section 125119.5.
    (a) The department shall at least annually review reports from stem cell research oversight committees, and may revise the guidelines developed pursuant to Section 125118, as...

Last modified: October 22, 2018