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HIV/AIDS Reporting Laws and Regulations

• Assembly Bill 2541 Fact Sheets - California laws on the disclosure of HIV/AIDS public health records.
• California HIV/AIDS Laws, 2009 (PDF)- A source of HIV/AIDS-related laws that includes statutes enacted January 1, 2010. (posted March 3, 2010)
• California Law Requiring CD4 Reporting - Senate Bill (SB) 1184 (December 2008) (PDF) - SB 1184 (Kuehl, Chapter 347, Statutes of 2008), requires each clinical laboratory to report to all CD4+ T-cell tests to the local health officer within seven days of the completion of a CD4+ T-cell test.
• CA Law Regarding CD4 Reporting Requirements - AB 1045 (October 2009) (PDF) - Guidance for Assembly Bill 1045, which allows a clinical laboratory not to report a CD4+ T-cell test result to the local health officer if the clinical laboratory can demonstrate that the CD4+ T-cell test result is not related to a diagnosed case of HIV infection. 

Reference Sites

• Health and Safety Code
• Related HIV/AIDS California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Regulations (See Title 17 - Division 1)
• CDPH Office of Regulations
• Archived HIV/AIDS Reporting Laws and Regulations

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