2011 California Code
Penal Code
PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000 - 10007]
CHAPTER 4.5. Examination of Staff for Tuberculosis
Section 6006.5

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.

(e) Certificate means the official document developed and issued by the department that indicates the absence of tuberculosis in an infectious stage and that is signed by a physician and surgeon who is licensed by the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code or his or her designee. The certificate shall indicate that the examination, test, or evaluation was performed in accordance with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as specified in the department s guidelines for tuberculosis control.

(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.

(h) Institution means any state prison, camp, center, office, or other facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority.

(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.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 932, Sec. 6. Effective October 8, 1993.)