Cal. Penal Code § 6006.5
Examination of Staff for Tuberculosis
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Corrections, the Department of the Youth Authority, the Board of Prison Terms, or the Youthful Offender Parole Board.
(b) “Examination or test” means methods, processes, or other means, including a chest X-ray, conducted in accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as specified in the department’s guidelines for tuberculosis control, to determine if a person has, has had, or has been exposed to tuberculosis.
(c) “Medical evaluation” means taking a history or gathering other information and may include, but is not limited to, listening to the chest or other examinations or tests, as specified in the department’s guidelines for tuberculosis control, used to diagnose and assess the health conditions of the person.
(d) “Followup care” means the continued medical evaluations, monitoring, or care of a person after his or her initial visit, examination, or test, including, but not limited to, preventive therapy.
(a) “Annual TB screening” means a yearly risk assessment to determine the presence of tuberculosis (TB) symptoms in an individual.
(b) “Baseline TB screening and testing” means a process that includes an individual TB risk assessment and an initial TB test, as defined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
(c) “Certificate” means a document signed by a licensed health care professional or their designee. The certificate shall indicate that the baseline TB screening and testing, annual TB screening, or medical evaluation was performed in accordance with the recommendations of the federal CDC.
(f) “Negative skin test” shall have the same meaning as it is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the department’s guidelines for tuberculosis control as the definition reads at the time of the examination.
(g) “Positive skin test” shall have the same meaning as it is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the department’s guidelines for tuberculosis control as the definition reads at the time of the examination.
(d) “Department” means the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(e) “Follow up care” means continued medical evaluations or treatment of a person after their initial baseline TB screening and testing or annual TB screening.
(f) “Institution” means any state prison, camp, or other facility where incarcerated persons are housed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(i) “Infectious or contagious stage” means the period when a disease is capable of being transmitted from one person to another with or without contact.
(j) “Tuberculosis converter” shall have the same meaning as it is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(g) “Medical evaluation” means a gathering of patient information by a licensed health care professional, which may include, but is not limited to, a comprehensive history, physical examination, or tests in accordance with the recommendations of the federal CDC used to diagnose, assess, and treat TB.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.