California Administrative Code

Report active cases only primary (including cavitary) or disseminated. There are no restrictions on case or contacts.

The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2518 until the swelling of the salivary glands has subsided. There are no restrictions on contacts.

(a) Acute infectious conjunctivitis of the newborn includes gonorrheal ophthalmia and ophthalmia neonatorum. (b) Prophylaxis for acute infectious conjunctivitis of the newborn shall be administered to all infants within two hours after birth in accordance with Sections 551-556 of…

(a) Isolation of Patient. The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2516 until 2 cultures from the throat and 2 from the nose, taken not less than 24 hours apart, fail to show the presence of diphtheria bacilli, except that upon clinical recovery and where antibiot…

(Excluding Botulism and Salmonella infections). A reportable case of food poisoning is defined as follows: any person with symptoms of acute gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhea, or neurologic symptoms whose illness occurs in association with a group of other persons who may have …

The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2518 until clinically recovered. There are no restrictions on contacts.

(See Section 2636 on Venereal Diseases.)

(See Section 2636 on Venereal Diseases.)

The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2518 during the acute symptoms. There are no restrictions on contacts.

(See Section 2636 on Venereal Diseases.)

The patient shall be confined during the clinical phases of the disease in a room or dwelling satisfactorily protected against mosquitoes.

(a) The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2518 until the end of the febrile period and until all acute symptoms have subsided. (b) Contacts. Quarantine of contacts is not required, except at the discretion of the local health officer, but intimate contacts shou…

The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2518 during the early catarrhal period and for 21 days after the appearance of the typical paroxysmal cough. The isolation provisions shall be adequate to prevent exposure of young children to the patient. Restrictions on c…

(See subchapter 3).

No restrictions on cases or contacts.

(a) The department or local health officers may quarantine any species of pet birds imported into this State from states and countries where psittacosis or other diseases transmitted by pet birds to human beings have been reported by an official agency to be currently prevalent i…

(a) Reporting. Any person having knowledge of the whereabouts of an animal known to have or suspected of having rabies shall report the facts immediately to the local health officer. The health officer shall likewise be notified of any person or animal bitten by a rabid or suspec…

(a) Administration and Enforcement. For purposes of administration and enforcement of section 121690, California Health and Safety Code, in officially declared rabies areas, the following shall apply: (1) Licensing and Vaccination Procedure. The vaccination of dogs three months o…

(a) (Tick-borne). There are no restrictions on case or contacts. (b) (Louse-borne) Cases and Suspect Cases to Be Reported by Telephone or Telegraph. (See Section 2501(c).) The patient shall be confined during the clinical phase of the disease in a dwelling or room free of rodents…

There are no restrictions on case or contacts.

There are no restrictions on case or contacts.

(a) The period of isolation in accordance with Section 2518 shall be until the acute symptoms have subsided. The patient shall be subject to supervision by the local health officer who may require, at his discretion, release specimens of feces for testing in a laboratory approved…

(See Section 2502(c).) (a) Patient. The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2516 until the scabs have separated and the scars have completely healed. (b) Household Contacts. Household contacts shall be quarantined for at least 17 days after last exposure, except …

(a) The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2518 for not less than seven days from onset. Patients treated with an effective antibiotic may be released upon clinical recovery. (b) Contacts. Household contacts should be kept under frequent medical observation for …

There are no restrictions on case or contacts.

The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2518 during the acute stages and when not under medical treatment satisfactory to the health officer. There are no restrictions on contacts.

The local health officer shall make an investigation to determine the source of infection. If the suspected source is a commercial food product, the health officer shall report the fact at once to the State Department of Public Health. There are no restrictions on case or contact…

(a) Case. A culture of the organism on which the diagnosis of typhoid fever is established shall be submitted first to a local public health laboratory and then to the State Microbial Diseases Laboratory for phage typing. The patient shall be isolated in accordance with Section 2…

(See Section 2501(c).) The patient shall be confined during the clinical phase of the disease in a dwelling or room free of rodents or lice. All lice and louse eggs on the patient's body, hair, or clothing shall be destroyed. Household contacts shall be louse-free. There are no o…

(a) Sections 2636 to 2636(m) inclusive pertain to the venereal diseases and, unless otherwise specified, shall include syphilis, gonococcus infection, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, and chancroid. (See Chapter 765, Statutes 1947; also Section 21100, Health and Saf…

“Anonymous Counseling and Testing Program” means a program offering HIV counseling and testing while maintaining anonymity of the patient.

“Biological specimen” means any material that is derived from the human body.

“Confirmed HIV test” means: (a) a procedure which verifies the presence of HIV infection as determined by any clinical laboratory test or HIV Test Algorithm or examination used to detect the presence of HIV, a component of HIV, or antibodies to or antigens of HIV, including the H…

“Department” means the California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS.

(a) Funding for the approved plan for closure and stabilization shall be obtained from a closure surcharge of ten percent of the disposal charges levied by the licensee on disposers of low-level radioactive waste. (b) The surcharge shall be deposited, within thirty days following…

“Health Officer and Local Health Officer” means the officer appointed by the local governing body (county, city, and district), as defined in Section 2500.

“HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Agreement” means California Department of Public Health “Agreement by Employee/Contractor to Comply with Confidentiality Requirements” form (CDPH 8689 (10/12)), hereby incorporated by reference and available from the Department.

“HIV test algorithm” means any multi-test procedure that determines the presence of HIV infection using diagnostic protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, the Association of Public Health Laboratori…

“Personal information” means an individual's complete Social Security Number, complete name or surname, home address, California driver's license or identification number, electronic mail address or telephone number.

(a) The laboratory director or authorized designee shall, within seven calendar days of determining a confirmed HIV test, report the confirmed HIV test to the Health Officer for the local health jurisdiction where the health care provider facility is located. The report shall inc…

(a) The local Health Officer or his or her authorized designee shall match and unduplicate laboratory reports of confirmed HIV tests with the local health department HIV/AIDS registry database and with HIV/AIDS Case Reports received from health care providers and not entered into…

Alternative Testing Sites; other anonymous or unlinked HIV testing programs; blood banks; plasma centers; and blinded and/or unlinked seroprevalence studies are exempt from these HIV reporting regulations.

The Director shall appoint a Canine Rabies Vaccine Advisory Committee consisting of 6 to 8 members. The Committee's responsibility shall be to assist the Department in evaluating the effectiveness of canine rabies vaccines. Membership shall include individuals with recognized pro…

(a) The demonstration of an acceptable immunity duration of three or more years, as shown by adequate challenge studies in dogs, shall be required. However, the above challenge study shall not suffice for acceptance of a subsequent multiple vaccine product that contains the same …

“Alzheimer's disease and related disorders” means those illnesses that damage the brain causing irreversible, progressive confusion, disorientation, loss of memory and judgment.

“Diagnose” means to identify the existence of a medical condition in a patient.

(a) “Disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness” means those medical conditions that involve: (1) a loss of consciousness or a marked reduction of alertness or responsiveness to external stimuli; and (2) the inability to perform one or more activities of daily living; and…

The Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP) is a health care program within the California Children Services (CCS) Branch which provides medical care and other related services for persons with the genetically handicapping conditions specified in Section 2932 of this chapt…

(a) A California Children Services (CCS)/Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP) Special Care Center is a medical center which provides diagnostic and treatment services (inpatient, outpatient and home) to CCS clients under 21 years of age who have GHPP eligible conditions…

(a) The following medical conditions are eligible for services through the GHPP program: (1) Hemophilia, which includes any congenital hereditary hemorrhagic state due to a defect in the hemostatic mechanism resulting from a deficiency or abnormality in one of the plasma clotting…