Health & Safety Code 122410
Summary:
The Department of Health Services must make protocols and guidelines available for educating health professionals and training community service providers on hepatitis C detection, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and decision-making. The guidelines may include tracking and reporting of hepatitis C by public health officials, a plan to screen the prison population, and surveillance programs to determine the prevalence of hepatitis C in high-risk populations.
Parties Bound:
The Department of Health Services Associated Federal Law(s):
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